Our keynote line up is next level this year at the 2025 CFD Annual conference! We are thrilled to welcome their talent and expertise!

We're thrilled to reveal the first of our esteemed speakers for the Center on Forced Displacement Annual Conference 2025! Meet Dr. Zachary Rossetti, Associate Professor at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.

join us at the CFD Annual Conference 2025 to explore and address the pressing challenges of borders and displacement. Engage with global experts and foster solutions that transcend disciplines. Open to all majors passionate about international relations and making a difference.

Join us on February 28th for a virtual conversation with Iván Martín, associate researcher at GRITIM-University Pompeu Fabra, to discuss migration routes and corridors in Africa and the Mediterranean. Learn more and register here:

Join us on March 26th to discuss Syracuse Associate Professor Azra Hromadžić's new book, "Riverine Citizenship: A Bosnian City in Love with the River". Hromadžić will be joined by discussants Marina Lažetić and Jelena Golubović. Register here:

CFD and CEID are excited to announce that "Public Health Response in Displacement Crises" has been rescheduled for February 27th at 12pm. The event will now be held at 91 Bay State Road room 101. Please re-register for this event here:

Join the CFD team in hosting our third Annual Conference this April. Please email Baiden Wright at baidenw@bu.edu to learn more about volunteer opportunities.

It is not too late to contribute to the third issue of CFD magazine! The deadline has been extended to February 21st, 2025. Find the call for contributions here:

Get tickets now for CFD's third annual conference, to be held April 7th and 8th, 2025. Register here: Full schedule to be announced.

Contribute to CFD’s THIRD Annual Conference, scheduled for April 7th and 8th, 2025. Learn more here:

Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement invites contributions to our interdisciplinary, multi-genre magazine. We welcome contributions from any field, perspective, or style exploring themes related to forced displacement. More info here:

Join CEID and CFD on Feb. 5th for a guest lecture by Refugees International president Jeremy Konyndyk on the public health challenges of responding to infectious disease threats among displaced populations. Details & registration here:

CFD is pleased to announce funding opportunities for innovative and interdisciplinary research projects focused on forced displacement. Please note that at least one of the PIs must be a CFD Affiliate Faculty member. Learn more here:

Join us this Thursday (in two days!) for a book talk with CFD affiliate faculty Rachel Nolan to discuss her recent publication of "Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoption in Guatemala". Register here:

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Join us for a film screening and conversation with Dr. Diana Allan from McGill University. Register here: Partition brings together found footage from the British occupation of Palestine with audio recorded with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.

📚 “Complicit Participation” Book Talk Recap.Thank you to everyone who joined us for the enlightening discussion with author Carrie Preston about her recent work, “Complicit Participation: The Liberal Audience for Theater of Racial Justice”.

“Border Studies: A Cross-College Challenge at the US-Mexico Border” provides an introduction to the US border regime. This course includes a weeklong trip to the Rio Grande Valley. Fill out the interest form to learn more: