Department of Languages and Cultures

Hosted by the four‑year UKRI‑funded project Nation of Refuge (launched November 2025), this event explores how Britain has thought, talked, legislated, remembered, and felt about “offering refuge” across the last century. 

We are delighted to announce that Professor Tony Kushner (University of Southampton) will be joining us for a keynote and that Professor Andrea Hammel (University of Aberystwyth), Dr Sarah Linn (Manchester Metropolitan University), Dr Agnes Woolley (University of Southampton) and Paul Dudman (University of East London) will be opening the conference with a roundtable discussion on current developments in the field