conference

introductory remarks

Karen Jacobsen, Henry J. Leir Professor in Global Migration at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Friedman School of Nutrition

Gregory Gottlieb, Director of the Feinstein International Center

panel 1: Local inclusion versus national exclusion

Moderator: Stephanie Khoury

Panelists Fernanda Escobar, May Mzayek, Teodora Jovanovic, Marina Lazetic, Victoria Rios Infante, Cordelia Rizzo, and Natasha Venables discuss policies that facilitate or inhibit integration on local and national scales.

Panel 2: Integration as a two-way process

Moderator: Karen Jacobsen

Panelists Saidouri Zomaya, Angelica Barahona, Ruby Assad, Ally Hawkins, Joy Al-Nemri, Maha Abdullah, Leila Asadi, Graeme Rodgers, Cheryl Hamilton, Chris Ko, and Yuliia Kabanets discuss the roles played by hosts and migrants alike in the integration process.

panel 3: refugee integration amidst the covid-19 pandemic

Moderator: Charles Simpson

RIT report authors discuss the impact of COVID-19 on refugee integration.

Panel 4: the intersection of practice, research, and the arts

Moderator: Marina Lazetic

Panelists Karen Jacobsen, Carrie Preston, Stephanie Khoury, Anita Fabos, Cheryl Hamilton, Paul Miranda, and Cordelia Rizzo discuss the ways in which practice, research, and the arts feed into one another in anticipation of the following Arts Festival.