Call for Papers/ Participants
Refugee Cities
Symposium on the Urban Dimensions of Forced Displacement
Columbia University, New York, NY
April 27-28, 2023
The Refugee Cities Working Group at the Center for the Study of Social Difference, Columbia
University, welcomes proposals for presentations at our forthcoming, interdisciplinary public
symposium, “Refugee Cities: Urban Dimensions of Forced Displacement.”
The Refugee Cities Working Group’s concerns lie at the intersection of urban studies on the one
hand and, on the other, the humanistic and social justice-oriented study of the mass movement
of people fleeing violence, war and forced removal. This symposium will focus on the impact
of refugees on cities and urban processes, both in the present moment and as a historical
phenomenon. We welcome proposals from public intellectuals, artists and activists as well as
PhD candidates and faculty members at all stages in their career and from any discipline,
examining any place and time.
A keynote lecture will take place on the evening of Thursday, April 27, with all other
presentations to be scheduled throughout the day on Friday, April 28. All events will take place
at the Heyman Center/ SOF, Columbia University, New York.
Please submit a brief description of your proposed presentation (maximum of 350 words) along
with a short CV (maximum of 2 pages) as one, single pdf file to refugeecitiesCSSD@gmail.com.
The deadline for sending your proposal is March 13, 2023, (deadline extended from March 6, 2023).
For further information about the Refugee Cities Working Group, please visit our page here
For further information contact refugeecitiesCSSD@gmail.com.
This symposium and the Refugee Cities Working Group have been possible with support from
the Center for the Study of Social Difference, as well as the Society of Fellows and Heyman
Center for the Humanities at Columbia University.