The Growth of an Academic Field of Study: From Refugees to Forced Migration
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Date
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Developments
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1981
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- Special issue of International Migration Review lays foundation for new field of “refugee studies” (read esp. "Foreword," pp. 5-7);
- Refugee Documentation Project is created at York University (Canada);
- Refuge: Canada’s Periodical on Refugees is launched
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1982
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- Refugee Studies Programme (RSP) is established at Oxford University (UK) (re-named Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) in 2000)
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1985
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- Refugee Studies Programme is established at Juba University (Sudan)
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1988
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- Journal of Refugee Studies is launched;
- Refugee Participation Network (RPN) (periodical) is started;
- Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS, Canada) succeeds Refugee Documentation Project
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1989
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- International Journal of Refugee Law is launched
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1990
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- International Research and Advisory Panel (IRAP) begins holding regular meetings to review the state of the field and identify new directions for research
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1992
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- Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) is established at Moi University (Kenya)
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1994
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- Refugee Survey Quarterly is launched (formerly Refugee Abstracts)
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1995
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- Centre for Study of Forced Migration (CSFM) is established at University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
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1996
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- International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) is established (evolved out of IRAP)
- UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Forced Migration Studies is formed to link academic research centres
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1997 |
- The Refugees, Displaced Persons & Forced Migration Studies Center (RDFMSC) is established at Yarmouk University (Jordan)
- The Studies in Forced Migration book series is launched by Berghahn Books
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1998
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- First Master of science programme in forced migration is offered by Refugee Studies Centre (formerly RSP);
- Forced Migration Studies Programme (FMSP) is established at Wits University (re-named African Centre for Migration & Society in 2011)
- RPN becomes Forced Migration Review
- Conference held on "The Growth of Forced Migration: New Directions in Research, Policy and Practice"
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2000
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- Forced Migration & Refugee Studies Program (FMRS) is established at American University in Cairo (re-named Center for Migration and Refugee Studies in 2008)
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2001
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- “Fifty Years of Refugee Studies: From Theory to Policy" article published in International Migration Review, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 57-78.
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2002
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- Forced Migration Online (FMO) is launched
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2005
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- Three volume encyclopedia Immigration and Asylum: From 1900 to the Present is published
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2007 |
- Conference held at RSC on “An Unsettled Future? Forced Migration and Refugee Studies in the 21st Century” (temp. unavailable) |
2010 |
- The Center for Forced Migration Studies (CFMS) is launched at Northwestern University (United States) |
2011
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- The Centre for Refugee and IDP Studies (CESI) is established at the University of Sarajevo (Bosnia)
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2014 |
The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies is published by Oxford University Press in June |
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