Forum on Migration

Lectures, Readings, Films & Performances

Lectures offered through the Barnard Forum on Migration are supported by a bequest establishing the Weiss International Fellowship Fund to bring distinguished scholars in literature and the arts to Barnard.

For more information or to be added to our mailing list, please contact Maia Bernstein (mbernstein@barnard.edu, 212.854.4689).

View recordings of selected Forum on Migration events on YouTube.

Spring 2020 Events

Jan 28

Wandering Jews or Jewish Migrants? The Scholarship about Jewish Migrations and the Origins of Migration Studies

January 28, 2020 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall

Jan 30

The Cold War Origins of Human Rights in the Americas

January 30, 2020 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall

Feb 10

Jewish and Non-Jewish Latinos in Israel: Religion, Culture, and Identity

February 10, 2020 | 5:00pm

Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall

Mar 26

Canceled: The U-Turn

March 26, 2020 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm

304 Barnard Hall

Apr 20

Canceled: Transpacific Relations and Chinese Labor in Brazil

April 20, 2020 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd floor Barnard Hall

May 4

Canceled: How to Legally Construct Nationals, Citizens and Foreigners? The Case of South America and Implications for Venezuela

May 4, 2020 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall

Fall 2019 Events

Sep 9

Refuge Beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers

September 9, 2019 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd floor Barnard Hall

Sep 17

Our America: Utopia and Persistence of a Jewish Family

September 17, 2019 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd floor Barnard Hall

Oct 8

“Mother of Exiles”: Refugees in American Myth and History

October 8, 2019 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd floor Barnard Hall

Nov 12

Kugel and Frijoles: Latino Jews in the United States

November 12, 2019 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd floor Barnard Hall

Nov 17

Ode to Havana: The First 500 Years

November 17, 2019 | 7:30am - 7:00pm

Julius S. Held Auditorium, 304 Barnard Hall

Nov 25

Asylum Seekers at the Gates of the U.S.

November 25, 2019 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd floor Barnard Hall

Leading the Way

Departments & Majors

Feel Well, Do Well

Your Path. Your Purpose.

Applying to Barnard

Leading the Way

Departments & Majors

Feel Well, Do Well

Your Path. Your Purpose.

Applying to Barnard

Forum on Migration

Lectures, Readings, Films & Performances

Spring 2020 Events

Wandering Jews or Jewish Migrants? The Scholarship about Jewish Migrations and the Origins of Migration Studies

The Cold War Origins of Human Rights in the Americas

Jewish and Non-Jewish Latinos in Israel: Religion, Culture, and Identity

Canceled: The U-Turn

Canceled: Transpacific Relations and Chinese Labor in Brazil

Canceled: How to Legally Construct Nationals, Citizens and Foreigners? The Case of South America and Implications for Venezuela

Fall 2019 Events

Refuge Beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers

Our America: Utopia and Persistence of a Jewish Family

“Mother of Exiles”: Refugees in American Myth and History

Kugel and Frijoles: Latino Jews in the United States

Ode to Havana: The First 500 Years

Asylum Seekers at the Gates of the U.S.