IHR Library & Digital Resource Training
Course Details
Each year the IHR Library and Digital Team host online sessions demonstrating how you can use the IHR Library and Digital resources to further your research
Researching migration and refugee narratives
This online research training session will introduce participants to a wealth of resources available for researching the histories of migration and refugee narratives.
This session will cover:
- Introduction to the IHR Library’s collections, focusing on finding and using sources that highlight personal migration and refugee experiences such as diaries, letters, oral history interviews and memoirs.
- How to use the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) to research refugee and migration histories.
- Introduction to the work of the Centre for Migration, Refugees and Belonging and the Refugee Council Archive collections at the University of East London, with a focus on history.
- Introduction to using the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies library to research refugee law, with a case study focusing on researching the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Speakers:
- Paul Dudman (University of East London)
- Hester Swift (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies)
- Claire Griffins (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies)
- Michael Townsend (Institute of Historical Research)
- Jenny Lelkes-Rarugal (Institute of Historical Research)
