Animal Migration
The extraordinary synchrony of motion exhibited as a flock of birds arcs overhead, or a school of fish turns, as a ripple of light, is captivating. Li...
Migration – Darwin College Lecture Series 2018
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In the second term of every academic year since 1986 Darwin College has organised a series of eight public lectures. Each series has been built around a single theme, approached in a multi-disciplinary way, and with each lecture prepared for a general audience by a leading authority on his or her subject. The theme of the 2018 lecture series is "Migration".
Migration in Science
Progress in science depends on a rapid exchange of ideas and exposure to new approaches and viewpoints. Historically, this progress has been accelerat...
The Partition of India and Migration
The Partition of the Indian subcontinent 70 years ago along religious lines, saw the largest migration in human history, outside war and famine. Milli...
Art and Migration
This lecture performance will present art by and about the migrant, created in workshops run for detainees awaiting deportation from the UK. Documenta...
Disease Migration
Dr. Eva Harris: Dengue and Zika are mosquito-borne viral diseases that consitute major public health and medical problems worldwide. Dengue has been a...
Refugees and Migration
How, in a world of modern nation states, shared prosperity, and boundless capabilities can refugees and migrants on the move today find themselves exp...
Immigration and Freedom
Chandran Kukatha: Restrictions on the movement of people to the countries developed west are often defended on the grounds that it is necessary to pro...
Black and British Migration
David Olusoga: Migration is the most controversial political topic in the Britain of 2018. Issues around migration underpinned and informed much of th...