Events

Upcoming Events

Teaching Lab II
Sarah Lawrence College 
November 3-4, 2023

This collaborative event will spotlight teaching about migration within the CFMDE and imagine future possibilities for innovation. Students, faculty, and community educators from all CFMDE colleges are welcome to attend. 

Spring 2024 Concluding Event
Bard College 
Dates and event details TBA
 

Past Events

The CFMDE has hosted over 150 events across our campuses since 2018. Below are some highlights of our cross-campus programming.

Migration and Displacement Studies Research Symposium II 
Vassar College
April 15, 2023

Over 40 CFMDE students and faculty gathered at this symposium to celebrate the interdisciplinary and community-engaged work being done by students at each campus. The day featured three panels of students presenting their seniors theses or other projects about migration as well as an engaging keynote lecture by Dr. Mariam Rashid titled Unsettling Resettlement.

Lexicons of Migration Conference: Histories, Texts and Human Lives in Translation
Bennington College 
November 4-6, 2022

Organized by Professor Marguerite Feitlowitz in collaboration with her students, this conference brought together 125 scholars, translators, filmmakers, artists, musicians, students, and more for a weekend full of conversation and networking. More details can be found in the conference program below. 

Conference Program

Migration and Displacement Studies Research Symposium I
Vassar College
April 16, 2022

In a triumphant return to cross-campus in-person programming, this event highlighted student senior work and community activism across CFMDE campuses. The day featured two panels of student presenters as well as a panel of Vassar faculty and activists talking about their work in Dutchess County and beyond. 

Global Displacement and Mental Health Conference
Vassar College
November 8-9, 2019 

This conference brought together government officials, healthcare providers, academic institutions, NGOs, funders, and social entrepreneurs to explore innovative ways to address responses to the mental concerns of forced migrants globally.  Panels highlighted experiences at the intersection of research, training, education, and policymaking as well as avenues for future collaboration. More details can be found in the conference program below.  

Conference Program

Teaching Lab I
Vassar College 
May 10-11, 2019

Consortium faculty and students, joined by local educators and community partners, discussed how the first iteration of the Lexicon of Forced Migration course played out on each campus. 

Curriculum Planning Workshop 
Vassar College
October 26-27, 2018

This gathering brought together some 90 people, including faculty, administrators, high school teachers, and representatives from other colleges and community groups. In break-out groups led by CFMDE faculty, attendees workshopped a skeleton syllabus for a cross-campus introductory course to migration studies and explored collaborations with local middle and high schools.