Events & Calendars "The Redundant Refugee"

On Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 4:30 p.m. in the Alumni House at Amherst College, Stewart Motha, reader in law and executive dean and director of intensive LLM programs at Birkbeck, University of London, will present a talk on "The Redundant Refugee" and a paper titled “Bodies.” The paper is a chapter from his forthcoming book, Archiving Sovereignty (Michigan University Press).

Motha is an internationally recognized authority in the field of sovereignty, violence and legal theory. His current research is focused on the Indian Ocean region-- including Australia, the Chagos Islands, Sri Lanka, migration and refugees in that region --and on post-apartheid jurisprudence. He has taught law at the University of Adelaide, Australia; at the Law School at Lancaster University; and at Kent Law, UK.

To receive a copy of the paper being presented, which will examine migration, refugees and the law, please email the LJST department coordinator at mlestes@amherst.edu.