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SUMMARY:The refugee crisis in Europe: an update from Lesvos - Dimitris Bal
 las\, Vicky Yiagopolou
DTSTART:20170620T111500Z
DTEND:20170620T121500Z
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CONTACT:Waseem Yaqoob
DESCRIPTION:A talk about the impact of the refugee crisis in Lesvos\, with
  a historical overview and update on recent developments including inspiri
 ng actions by  local people\, NGOs  and  volunteers from all  over the wor
 ld. There will also be a  screening of and introduction to clips from “J
 anus’ Legacy: Refugee Passage to Europe” (Anti-Racist Observator\, Uni
 versity of the Aegean\, dir: Dimitris Papageorgiou & Alexandros Spathis).\
 n\nDIMITRIS BALLAS is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography a
 t the University of the Aegean (Lesvos island campus). In September 2017\,
  he will join the Faculty of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groning
 en to take up a chair in Economic Geography. He was also as a Senior Lectu
 rer at the University of Sheffield and a visiting academic at Harvard Univ
 ersity\, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria
 ) and Ritsumeikan University (Japan). His most recent published work is 
 ‘The Human Atlas of Europe: a continent united in diversity’ (2017\, P
 olicy Press\, co-authored with Danny Dorling and Benjamin Hennig).\n\nVICK
 Y YIAGOPOULOU has been volunteering as a Community Manager at the Office o
 f Displaced Designers\, Mytilene\, Lesvos island\, where she has recently 
 been involved in workshops aimed at bringing together the local community 
 and refugees. She is a firm believer in empowering people and communities 
 through education and skills sharing. She holds an MA in Librarianship fro
 m the University of Sheffield\, an MA in Communications Studies from the U
 niversity of Leeds and a first degree (Ptychion) in Journalism and Mass Co
 mmunication from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.\n\nLunch and refres
 hments will be provided.
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Foundress Court\, Pembroke College
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