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Searching for Cosmopolis: Living Together, Apart
Joseph Heathcott, Professor of Urban Studies, Parsons School of Design
Zolberg Institute Research Grants
Research Grants Available for Faculty and PhD Students The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility is pleased to announce the availability of research grants for New School faculty and PhD students on topics relating to the intersections of mobility and race. Joint proposals between faculty and PhD students will also
We Need Racial and Legal Equality in the US Asylum System Too
Memorial coffins at the Tijuana-San Diego border for those who died crossing. Tomas Castelazo, tomascastelazo.com / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Saturday, June 20 is World Refugee Day, honored by the United Nations to raise awareness and educate the public about refugees, their basic rights, their situation around the world,
Whose Home? Whose Rule?: Nandita Sharma’s Home Rule and the politics of autochthony
BJP supporters in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, in 2019. Photo credit: Arun Sambhu Mishra / Shutterstock.com Nandita Sharma, Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants (Duke University Press: 2020) In February 2002, five months after Narendra Modi became chief minister of Gujarat, an anti-Muslim pogrom erupted in his state.
Borders in the Time of COVID-19: What the pandemic reveals about the regulation of mobility
An arriving passenger places his hand on a device to take his fingerprints as Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations clear international travelers arriving at Dulles International Airport. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CBP officers have begun wearing protective gear as they interact with
Migration & Coronavirus: A Complicated Nexus Between Migration Management and Public Health
Migration & Coronavirus: A Complicated Nexus Between Migration Management and Public Health Governments around the world have adopted significant migration management measures to try to contain and halt the spread of COVID-19. Border closures, travel restrictions, prohibitions on arrivals from certain areas, and heightened screening have been among the leading
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