Philip Marfleet
Biographic Data
| ID | 6292675 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Marfleet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Marfleet |
| SIGNATURE | MARFLEET P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Journeys from the Abyss
For decades, refugees were invisible to those who produce records of the past. In a pioneering book published in 1999, Kushner and Knox (1999: 4) observed that, if the presence of refugees is one of the hallmarks of contemporary society, ‘historians have hardly noticed it’. At the same time, historical perspectives have been largely absent from research on forced migration. When the Journal of Refugee Studies appeared in 1988 as the first publica…
Egypt
The political subject in the ‘Arab Spring’
Displacements of Memory
The experiences of refugees—their “voices” and memories—have routinely been excluded from the historical record. With rare exceptions, refugees are absent from mainstream history: although specific episodes of forced migration may be carefully recorded and even celebrated in national histories, most refugee movements are ignored and their participants silenced. This article examines the practice of exclusion and its implications for historical re…
Making States, Making Refugees
‘Why has the refugee experience in particular remained so elusive to historians?’ This question, posed by the historian Tony Kushner, should prompt much thought in the field of Refugee Studies (Kushner 2006: 39). There is growing evidence that mass displacement has been a feature of the modern socio-political order—that since the early modern era refugees have been ‘produced’ as part of processes through which nation-states emerge and are re-shap…
Mubarak's Egypt — Nexus of Criminality
Employing a Marxist framework, this article examines how neo-liberal agendas for development pursued by successive regimes in Egypt have been associated with violence, fraud and corruption. Encouraged by international financial institutions and Western governments, the Egyptian state became a means of channelling public resources into private hands, using complex relations of privilege among officials and oligarchs. The article examines a growing…
Explorations in a Foreign Land
Forced migration is closely associated with processes of construction and reconstruction of the modern State – yet refugees and “internal” migrants rarely appear on the historical record. Why are refugees excised from mainstream history? What accounts for the “amnesia” of professional historians who have neglected countless mass displacements? This article examines state formation and mass migration worldwide, setting out a case for new approache…
Conceptual Problems in Forced Migration
Scholars have made rapid progress in establishing the field of Refugee Studies/Forced Migration Studies over the past 30 years. It has emerged from both the moral imperative of ameliorating the suffering of the displaced and from academic interests of scholars considering involuntary migration from the perspectives of sociology, geography, political science and international relations, anthropology, and international law. In spite of this broad i…
Understanding 'Sanctuary
Sanctuary movements emerged in North America in the 1980s as a means of providing support, advocacy and protection for refugees and other vulnerable migrants. In recent years they have grown quickly in Europe, animated largely by faith activists who invoke moral principles associated with religious traditions. This article examines ancient and modern histories of sanctuary and the implications for understanding contemporary ideas about protection…
Egypt
Egypt is at the axis of the Arab world. With the largest population, the largest industrial economy and the longest tradition of modern political activity it has profound influence across the region. But there have been few attempts to understand contemporary Egyptian society, in particular growing internal pressures for change and their implications for the Middle East and the wider world.This book is the first for over 20 years to offer and acc…
Museums, the Media and Refugees
Remembering Refugees
Refugees are an integral part of the history of the modern world. Since the emergence of the first nation-states in Europe, there have been countless forced migrations of people known first as réfugiés, later as émigrés or ‘political exiles’. By the mid-nineteenth century refugees were part of the political and socio-cultural landscapes of Western Europe; by the mid-twentieth century they had become a global phenomenon. As the nation-state was ex…
Refugees and history
This article examines a pressing problem for those concerned with research on forced migration – the absence of refugees from most historical work, and the low profile of history in Refugee Studies. Using examples from Europe and South Asia, it considers why refugees have been “silenced” by history and how we can develop positive, inclusive approaches to the past
Forgotten,” “Hidden”
Urban refugees are widely viewed as anomalous—people who stand outside a refugee regime which, in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, is based upon rural encampment. This article considers why states and humanitarian agencies view urban refugees in this way. It examines the history of the refugee as an urban person and the recent change in perspective which has enforced a rural norm. It considers the extreme pressures placed upon displaced people in…
Refugees in a Global Era
This topical new book offers an authoritative analysis of forced migration in the age of globalization. It explores histories of migration, the changing patterns of migration and the refugee experience of displacement, flight and the search for asylum. Critical reading for all students seeking to understand the position of refugees today.
Understanding 'Sanctuary
Sanctuary movements emerged in North America in the 1980s as a means of providing support, advocacy and protection for refugees and other vulnerable migrants. In recent years they have grown quickly in Europe, animated largely by faith activists who invoke moral principles associated with religious traditions. This article examines ancient and modern histories of sanctuary and the implications for understanding contemporary ideas about protection…
Refugees and history
This article examines a pressing problem for those concerned with research on forced migration – the absence of refugees from most historical work, and the low profile of history in Refugee Studies. Using examples from Europe and South Asia, it considers why refugees have been “silenced” by history and how we can develop positive, inclusive approaches to the past
Conceptual Problems in Forced Migration
Scholars have made rapid progress in establishing the field of Refugee Studies/Forced Migration Studies over the past 30 years. It has emerged from both the moral imperative of ameliorating the suffering of the displaced and from academic interests of scholars considering involuntary migration from the perspectives of sociology, geography, political science and international relations, anthropology, and international law. In spite of this broad i…
Explorations in a Foreign Land
Forced migration is closely associated with processes of construction and reconstruction of the modern State – yet refugees and “internal” migrants rarely appear on the historical record. Why are refugees excised from mainstream history? What accounts for the “amnesia” of professional historians who have neglected countless mass displacements? This article examines state formation and mass migration worldwide, setting out a case for new approache…
Forgotten,” “Hidden”
Urban refugees are widely viewed as anomalous—people who stand outside a refugee regime which, in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, is based upon rural encampment. This article considers why states and humanitarian agencies view urban refugees in this way. It examines the history of the refugee as an urban person and the recent change in perspective which has enforced a rural norm. It considers the extreme pressures placed upon displaced people in…
The political subject in the ‘Arab Spring’
Displacements of Memory
The experiences of refugees—their “voices” and memories—have routinely been excluded from the historical record. With rare exceptions, refugees are absent from mainstream history: although specific episodes of forced migration may be carefully recorded and even celebrated in national histories, most refugee movements are ignored and their participants silenced. This article examines the practice of exclusion and its implications for historical re…
Mubarak's Egypt — Nexus of Criminality
Employing a Marxist framework, this article examines how neo-liberal agendas for development pursued by successive regimes in Egypt have been associated with violence, fraud and corruption. Encouraged by international financial institutions and Western governments, the Egyptian state became a means of channelling public resources into private hands, using complex relations of privilege among officials and oligarchs. The article examines a growing…
Remembering Refugees
Refugees are an integral part of the history of the modern world. Since the emergence of the first nation-states in Europe, there have been countless forced migrations of people known first as réfugiés, later as émigrés or ‘political exiles’. By the mid-nineteenth century refugees were part of the political and socio-cultural landscapes of Western Europe; by the mid-twentieth century they had become a global phenomenon. As the nation-state was ex…
Refugees in a Global Era
This topical new book offers an authoritative analysis of forced migration in the age of globalization. It explores histories of migration, the changing patterns of migration and the refugee experience of displacement, flight and the search for asylum. Critical reading for all students seeking to understand the position of refugees today.
Refugees and history
This article examines a pressing problem for those concerned with research on forced migration – the absence of refugees from most historical work, and the low profile of history in Refugee Studies. Using examples from Europe and South Asia, it considers why refugees have been “silenced” by history and how we can develop positive, inclusive approaches to the past
Forgotten,” “Hidden”
Urban refugees are widely viewed as anomalous—people who stand outside a refugee regime which, in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, is based upon rural encampment. This article considers why states and humanitarian agencies view urban refugees in this way. It examines the history of the refugee as an urban person and the recent change in perspective which has enforced a rural norm. It considers the extreme pressures placed upon displaced people in…
Museums, the Media and Refugees
Remembering Refugees
Refugees are an integral part of the history of the modern world. Since the emergence of the first nation-states in Europe, there have been countless forced migrations of people known first as réfugiés, later as émigrés or ‘political exiles’. By the mid-nineteenth century refugees were part of the political and socio-cultural landscapes of Western Europe; by the mid-twentieth century they had become a global phenomenon. As the nation-state was ex…
Egypt
Egypt is at the axis of the Arab world. With the largest population, the largest industrial economy and the longest tradition of modern political activity it has profound influence across the region. But there have been few attempts to understand contemporary Egyptian society, in particular growing internal pressures for change and their implications for the Middle East and the wider world.This book is the first for over 20 years to offer and acc…
Understanding 'Sanctuary
Sanctuary movements emerged in North America in the 1980s as a means of providing support, advocacy and protection for refugees and other vulnerable migrants. In recent years they have grown quickly in Europe, animated largely by faith activists who invoke moral principles associated with religious traditions. This article examines ancient and modern histories of sanctuary and the implications for understanding contemporary ideas about protection…
Making States, Making Refugees
‘Why has the refugee experience in particular remained so elusive to historians?’ This question, posed by the historian Tony Kushner, should prompt much thought in the field of Refugee Studies (Kushner 2006: 39). There is growing evidence that mass displacement has been a feature of the modern socio-political order—that since the early modern era refugees have been ‘produced’ as part of processes through which nation-states emerge and are re-shap…
Mubarak's Egypt — Nexus of Criminality
Employing a Marxist framework, this article examines how neo-liberal agendas for development pursued by successive regimes in Egypt have been associated with violence, fraud and corruption. Encouraged by international financial institutions and Western governments, the Egyptian state became a means of channelling public resources into private hands, using complex relations of privilege among officials and oligarchs. The article examines a growing…
Explorations in a Foreign Land
Forced migration is closely associated with processes of construction and reconstruction of the modern State – yet refugees and “internal” migrants rarely appear on the historical record. Why are refugees excised from mainstream history? What accounts for the “amnesia” of professional historians who have neglected countless mass displacements? This article examines state formation and mass migration worldwide, setting out a case for new approache…
Conceptual Problems in Forced Migration
Scholars have made rapid progress in establishing the field of Refugee Studies/Forced Migration Studies over the past 30 years. It has emerged from both the moral imperative of ameliorating the suffering of the displaced and from academic interests of scholars considering involuntary migration from the perspectives of sociology, geography, political science and international relations, anthropology, and international law. In spite of this broad i…
Egypt
The political subject in the ‘Arab Spring’
Displacements of Memory
The experiences of refugees—their “voices” and memories—have routinely been excluded from the historical record. With rare exceptions, refugees are absent from mainstream history: although specific episodes of forced migration may be carefully recorded and even celebrated in national histories, most refugee movements are ignored and their participants silenced. This article examines the practice of exclusion and its implications for historical re…
Journeys from the Abyss
For decades, refugees were invisible to those who produce records of the past. In a pioneering book published in 1999, Kushner and Knox (1999: 4) observed that, if the presence of refugees is one of the hallmarks of contemporary society, ‘historians have hardly noticed it’. At the same time, historical perspectives have been largely absent from research on forced migration. When the Journal of Refugee Studies appeared in 1988 as the first publica…
Political science (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Refugee (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Forced migration (8 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · History (5 works) · State (computer science (5 works)