UEA Refugee Week

UEA REFUGEE WEEK

Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, resilience and creativity of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.

Refugee week offers us the opportunity to reflect and consider what actions we can individually and collectively take to create a kinder, more compassionate world.

Norwich Refugee Week will take place from 9-29 June 2025. You can find the full programme here.

Please find below details of events taking place at the UEA during Refugee Week 2025.

SANCTUARY IN THE KITCHEN EXHIBITION

6th-27th June, Monday- Friday, 9am-5pm. The Enterprise Centre, UEA, NR4 7TJ

Showcase of photography taken as part of Sanctuary in the Kitchen, a University of Sanctuary project bringing together members of the local sanctuary community for cookery and cultural exchanges. A recipe book celebrating Sanctuary in the Kitchen will launch in October 2025.

Photos taken by Arash Niroomand.

RESEARCH FORUM. Voices of Resilience: Bridging Research, Teaching and Lived Experiences in Higher Education for Sanctuary

16th June 2025, 9:30 – 2:30, Julian Study Centre, Room 3.02, University of East Anglia

Keynote: Dr Ahmad Akhad from the University of Oxford

Discussant: Dr. Yafa El Masri from DEV, UEA

Chair: Professor Yann Lebeau from EDU, UEA

Presenters: PGRs from SSF schools (current and graduated)

The presenters in this research forum consist of refugee researchers and other researchers whose research projects focus on refugees. Keynote speaker comes with both academic research and lived experience as a refugee. This theme highlights a blend of both the academic research and lived experiences in the field of refugee studies. It presents the importance of amplifying the voices of refugees themselves, while admiring the contributions of researchers who are working to address the challenges and opportunities faced by forced displaced communities. The theme also underscores the resilience of refugees and the role of research in fostering understanding, advocacy and policy change.

This event is open to all. To book your free place, please click here.