Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration

During each academic year, the committee sponsors a seminar series on international migration, held at MIT's Center for International Studies (CIS). In fall 2005, the series was re-named The Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration in honor of the late founder of the Inter-University Committee and former director of CIS. The seminars explore factors affecting international population movements and their impact upon sending and receiving countries and relations among them.

 

Spring 2022 Seminars

April 15, 2022

12:00pm-1:30pm EDT
Virtual Event

The Ongoing Crisis for Afghan Refugees

Speakers: 
Haseena Rahman, Visiting Lecturer/Scholar at Boston University School of Law; International Tax Associate at PWC; former Director of Economic Zones Integration at the Presidential Palace in Kabul
Nilofar Sakhi, Professorial Lecturer in International Affairs at the George Washington University
Omar Sharifi, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Humanities at the American University of Afghanistan

April 29, 2022

12:00pm-1:30pm EDT
Virtual Event

Design to Live: Everyday Inventions from a Refugee Camp

Speakers:
Azra Akšamija, Associate Professor in the MIT Department of Architecture, Program in Art, Culture and Technology, where she directs the Future Heritage Lab
Raafat Majzoub, architect, artist, and writer, Director of The Khan: The Arab Association for Prototyping Cultural Practices and Lecturer in the Architecture and Design Department of the American University of Beirut.
Melina Philippou, architect and urbanist, Program Director of the MIT Future Heritage Lab and Research Associate in the Department of Architecture at the University of Cyprus.

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Click on this link to see a list of past seminars

Contact Details:
Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration at MIT 
Center for International Studies
1 Amherst Street, E40-400
Cambridge, MA 02142
cis-migration@mit.edu