Displacements, an IMRC podcast series

Alison Mountz, Kim Rygiel

We live in an ever-increasingly mobile world. Wilfrid Laurier University’s International Migration Research Centre (IMRC) supports scholarship and research on international migration and mobility at global, national, regional and local scales. The Centre provides platforms for rich debate, research, policy analysis and community engagement. And now, the IMRC takes on a new digital platform through its exciting and informative podcast. Join Director Alison Mountz and Associate Director Kim Rygiel as they talk to authors, activists, scholars, creatives and a host of other people engaging migration, displacement, and related issues. New episodes published every other Monday! read less
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Conversation with Sharry Aiken & Stephanie Silverman: De-Carceral Futures
15-06-2022
Conversation with Sharry Aiken & Stephanie Silverman: De-Carceral Futures
Dr. Alison Mountz talks to Dr. Sharry Aiken and Dr. Stephanie Silverman about immigration detention in the context of their project, De-Carceral Futures, which aimed to create a broader public conversation about immigration detention and its consequences.

Episodes

Conversation with Sharry Aiken & Stephanie Silverman: De-Carceral Futures
15-06-2022
Conversation with Sharry Aiken & Stephanie Silverman: De-Carceral Futures
Dr. Alison Mountz talks to Dr. Sharry Aiken and Dr. Stephanie Silverman about immigration detention in the context of their project, De-Carceral Futures, which aimed to create a broader public conversation about immigration detention and its consequences.
Conversation with Laura Bisaillon: Screening Out—HIV Testing and the Canadian Immigration Experience
31-05-2022
Conversation with Laura Bisaillon: Screening Out—HIV Testing and the Canadian Immigration Experience
Alison Mountz and Laura Bisaillon speak about the experience of being an immigrant and about what that means in today's world. They also talk about what it means to be a reluctant activist and what to do when starting in activism.
Conversation with Naomi Paik: Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary
17-05-2022
Conversation with Naomi Paik: Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary
Alison Mountz interviews Naomi Paik, who is an associate professor of Criminology, Law, & Justice and Global Asian Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago. They discuss Naomi's book, Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary: Understanding U.S. Immigration for the Twenty-First Century, and what it means today to be an activist and an academic.
Conversation with Nandita Sharma: "Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants"
03-05-2022
Conversation with Nandita Sharma: "Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants"
On this episode, Alison Mountz interviews Nandita Sharma, professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, about her recent book, Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants. They talk about how to overcome the labels of "migrant" and "native" and to build a  decolonized commons.
Conversation with Maurice Stierl: "Migrant Resistance in Contemporary Europe"
19-04-2022
Conversation with Maurice Stierl: "Migrant Resistance in Contemporary Europe"
On this second episode, Alison Mountz, Laurier Research Chair in Global Migration, chats with Maurice Stierl, Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sheffield, about his book, Migrant Resistance in Contemporary Europe, and his work with the NGO Alarm Phone.
Conversation with Reece Jones: "White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall"
05-04-2022
Conversation with Reece Jones: "White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall"
On the second season premiere, Alison Mountz, Laurier Research Chair in Global Migration, chats with Reece Jones, Professor and Chair at the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, and a Guggenheim fellow. They discuss racism and immigration in the United States in the context of Reece's book, White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall, published by Beacon Press.
Conversation with the author: Cetta Mainwaring, "At Europe's Edge: Migration and Crisis in the Mediterranean"
14-06-2021
Conversation with the author: Cetta Mainwaring, "At Europe's Edge: Migration and Crisis in the Mediterranean"
On this season finale episode, Alison Mountz, IMRC's Director, chats with Cetta Mainwaring, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of Social and Politics Sciences at the University of Glasgow, about her book,  At Europe's Edge: Migration and Crisis in the Mediterranean, published by Oxford University Press in October 2019. This book is also winner of the 2020 Best Book Award of the International Politics of Migration, Refugees and Diaspora Working Group - British International Studies Association (BISA).
Conversation with the authors: Feyzi Baban, Suzan Ilcan & Kim Rygiel, "The Precarious Lives of Syrians: Migration, Citizenship, and Temporary Protection in Turkey"
31-05-2021
Conversation with the authors: Feyzi Baban, Suzan Ilcan & Kim Rygiel, "The Precarious Lives of Syrians: Migration, Citizenship, and Temporary Protection in Turkey"
Alison Mountz, IMRC's Director, chats with Feyzi Baban, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Trent University, Suzan Ilcan, Professor in the Department of Sociology & Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo and Kim Rygiel, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University and Associate Director of the IMRC,  about their forthcoming book The Precarious Lives of Syrians: Migration, Citizenship, and Temporary Protection in Turkey (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021)
Conversation with the author: Martina Tazzioli, "The Making of Migration: The Biopolitics of Mobility at Europe's Borders"
17-05-2021
Conversation with the author: Martina Tazzioli, "The Making of Migration: The Biopolitics of Mobility at Europe's Borders"
Alison Mountz, IMRC's Director, chats with Martina Tazzioli, Lecturer of Politics and Technology  in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Goldsmiths College, University of London,  about her book, The Making of Migration: The Biopolitics of Mobility at Europe's Borders, published by SAGE in January 2020.
Conversation with the author: William Walters, "State Secrecy: Refiguring the Covert Imaginary"
03-05-2021
Conversation with the author: William Walters, "State Secrecy: Refiguring the Covert Imaginary"
Alison Mountz, IMRC's Director, chats with William Walters, Professor of Politics in the Departments of Political Science and Sociology & Anthropology and, Faculty of Public Affairs Research Excellence Chair at Carleton University,  about his new book  State Secrecy and Security: Refiguring the Covert Imaginary, published by Routledge in Spring 2021.
Conversation with Margaret-Walton Roberts, co-editor of "A National Project: Syrian Refugee Resettlement in Canada" and Bayan Khatib of the Syrian Canadian Foundation
19-04-2021
Conversation with Margaret-Walton Roberts, co-editor of "A National Project: Syrian Refugee Resettlement in Canada" and Bayan Khatib of the Syrian Canadian Foundation
Alison Mountz, IMRC's Director chats with Margaret Walton-Roberts, Professor of Geography at Wilfrid Laurier University about her new co-edited book with Leah Hamilton and Luisa Veronis, A National Project: Syrian Refugee Resettlement in Canada published by McGill-Queen's University Press in August 2020. Joining in on the conversation as well is Bayan Khatib, Executive Director of the Syrian Canadian Foundation.
Conversation with the author: Irina Aristarkhova, Arrested Welcome
05-04-2021
Conversation with the author: Irina Aristarkhova, Arrested Welcome
Alison Mountz, IMRC's Director chats with Irina Aristarkhova, Professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan about her new book Arrested Welcome: Hospitality in Contemporary Art, published by the University of Minnesota press in spring 2020.
Conversation with the author: Kim Rygiel, "Fostering Pluralism through Solidarity Activism in Europe"
22-03-2021
Conversation with the author: Kim Rygiel, "Fostering Pluralism through Solidarity Activism in Europe"
Alison Mountz IMRC's Director chats with Kim Rygiel, Associate Director of the IMRC, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University and the Balsillie School of International Affairs about her new co-edited book with Feyzi Baban, "Fostering Pluralism through Solidarity Activism in Europe: Everyday Encounters with Newcomers", published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Conversation with the author: Alison Mountz, The Death of Asylum
08-03-2021
Conversation with the author: Alison Mountz, The Death of Asylum
Kim Rygiel IMRC's Associate Director chats with Alison Mountz, Director of the IMRC, Canada Research Chair in Global Migration & Professor, Geography & Environmental Studies, Balsillie School for International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University about her new book "The Death of Asylum: Hidden Geographies of the Enforcement Archipelago", published by University of Minnesota Press, 2020.