Anthropology Department Colloquium
"Refuge" by Heba Gowayed, Associate Professor of Sociology, CUNY Hunter College & Graduate Center
Event Details
Date
Monday, September 30, 2024
Time
3:30-5 p.m.
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Description
Drawing on a global and comparative ethnography, this talk explores how Syrian men and women seeking refuge in a moment of unprecedented global displacement are received by countries of resettlement and asylum—the U.S., Canada, and Germany. It shows that human capital, typically examined as the skills immigrants bring with them that shape their potential, is actually created, transformed, or destroyed by receiving states’ incorporation policies. Since these policies derive from historically...
Cost
Free
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