Institute for Research into Superdiversity
University of Birmingham
Director: Professor Nando Sigona (n.sigona@bham.ac.uk)
Administrator: Ann Bolstridge (a.bolstridge@bham.ac.uk) (TEL: +44(0)121 4144967).
What do they do? Draw together academics from the UK/around the world to consolidate expertise and generate thinking in the field of cultural diversity.
Research: citizenship, language, belonging, the economic impacts of diversity, access to welfare, social cohesion and integration.
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Master’s degree in ‘‘Migration Studies’’ by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona.
It introduces experts who can talk extensively about this field.
Master coordinator: Ricard Zapata Barrero (ricard.zapata@upf.edu).
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● Centre for Postcolonial Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London. Physical research group and forum dedicated to ‘‘those engaged in pushing Postcolonialism into new domains’’. Aims: to expand postcolonial studies beyond its original home in
literary studies and to engage with current political, cultural and artistic questions.
This center organizes seminars, colloquia, film screenings, public events and academic conferences. Three of the co-editors of the journal Postcolonial Studies direct the centre. E-mail: postcolonial@gold.ac.uk. Director of the centre: Professor Sanjay Seth.
● Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge - Dr Ruth Jane Prince; Division of social anthropology researching postcolonial Studies. Description (by her) of her research: Focusing on East Africa, my research interests include historical
ethnography, Christianity, material practice and memory, kinship, land, gender and food security. My current project is on Kenyan doctors and explores their struggles, as modern-day healers, to provide medical care in a context of scarce resources, widening socio-economic inequality, and weakened government health structures. Recent research focuses on the development, humanitarianism and global health interventions in Kenya. personal e-mail: rjp61@cam.ac.uk. E-mail of the centre:
centre@african.cam.ac.uk.
● Project organised by UNESCO about promoting interculturalism in Bolivia. This project is called ‘‘Cultural Vision Foundation’’ and started in April 2022. It is about ‘‘promoting cultural and creative industries in the city of La Paz, Bolivia’’. Link to the webpage with all the details of this project: https://en.unesco.org/creativity/ifcd/projects/promoting-cultural-creative-industries-city-la-paz-bolivia.