Seminar: Encountering the refugee camp beyond recognition
Speaker: Dr Aya Musmar (University of Petra)

RSC Seminar, 13 October 2021
RSC Public Seminar Series, Michaelmas Term 2021
Seminar convened by Dr Anne Irfan, Departmental Lecturer in Forced Migration

About the speaker
Dr Aya Musmar is an assistant professor in Architecture and Feminism at the University of Petra in Amman, Jordan. Her research interests crystalize around three main interdisciplinary themes: decolonizing the university, the environmentality of refugees/migrants spaces, and architectural pedagogies.

Photo credit: Empowerment through employment for Syrian refugee women in Jordan, Za’atari Refugee Camp, 2018. © UN Women/Christopher Herwig (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Encountering the refugee camp beyond recognition | Dr Aya Musmar

The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) aims to build knowledge and understanding of the causes and effects of forced migration in order to help improve the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable people.