[Bilimsel Haber] Conf: Refugees and the End of Empire (29th - 30th June 2007, De Montfort University, Leicester)

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Refugees and the End of Empire Conference
29th - 30th June 2007
De Montfort University, Leicester

One of the most negative legacies of the twentieth century was the
development of the refugee, a person who emerged during the inter-War
years, as nationalism, fascism and communism gripped the European
continent. While scholars have recognized the importance of war and the
arrival of intolerant regimes in the construction and expulsion of
refugees, little attention has focused upon the consequences of imperial
collapse. All of the major Empires (broadly interpreted) which ended
during the twentieth century, led to successor states which developed
new forms of exclusivist national ideologies which identified, and often
expelled, sectors of their populations, which did not possess the right
ethniccredentials. The purpose of the conference is to examine the
relationship between imperial collapse, the emergence of successor
nationalism, the exclusion of ethnic groups with the wrong credentials,
and the refugee experience.

Key Themes:
Imperial Collapse and Refugee Movements in North Africa Population
'Exchange' and Displacement at the end of the Ottoman Empire Indian
Partition and its Aftermath for South Asian Populations The Long-Term
Legacy of Empire and its Collapse in Britain and Australia Refugee
Movements in Central Europe Population Displacement in the Far East

More details
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/partnerships/consultancy/innovation_centre/dmccc/co
nferences/empire/

Provisonal programme
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/partnerships/consultancy/innovation_centre/dmccc/co
nferences/empire/Refugees_Programme.jsp

Abstracts
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/partnerships/consultancy/innovation_centre/dmccc/co
nferences/empire/Refugees_Abstracts.jsp