Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This book talk features "Departures: An Introduction to Critical Refugee Studies," by Yen Le Espiritu (UC San Diego), Lan Duong (University of Southern California), Ma Vang (UC Merced), Victor Bascara (UC Los Angeles), Khatharya Um (UC Berkeley), Lila Sharif (Arizona State University), and Nigel Hatton (UC Merced). Published by UC Press in 2022, the book advances the field of critical refugee studies. Recorded at UCHRI, Irvine, California, February 1, 2023.

Resources:
Critical Refugee Studies Collective: criticalrefugeestudies.com
Departures: An Introduction to Critical Refugee Studies: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520386389/departures
Critical Refugee Studies at UCHRI: uchri.org/awards/toward-critical-refugee-studies-being-and-becoming-in-exceptional-states-of-war-violence-and-militarism
Yen Le Espiritu and Lan Duong, "Feminist Refugee Epistemology": escholarship.org/uc/item/3kz8r37k
Other talks in this series: uchri.org/foundry/refuge-in-words-uc-authors-talk-about-refuge