‘Migrant Forms: Creative Futures‘ is a symposium followed by the launch of ‘Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms‘, edited by Natalya Din-Kariuki, Subha Mukherji and Rowan Williams (Punctum Books, 2025). The symposium is taking place at Cripps Building (Auditorium and Foyer) Magdalene College, Cambridge on 16 June, 2025.

Provisional programme

9.00-9.25: Arrival and coffee

9.30-9.40: Welcome and Introduction

9.40-11.00: Round-table on ‘Migrant Forms’: Annabel Brett, Supriya Chaudhuri, Natalya Din-Kariuki, Simon Goldhill, Dragana Jurišić, Issam Kourbaj, Subha Mukherji, Marina Warner, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh. Curated by Rowan Williams

11.10-12.30: Moving Things: Faraj Alnasser, Gabriel Josipovici, Issam Kourbaj, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, Subha Mukherji, Dragana Jurišić, Dine Diallo; with responses from Jane Partner and Aaron Rosen

12.45-1.25: Lunch and coffee

1.30-3: Migrant Ecologies: Yota Batsaki, Daniel Margócsy, Thomas Simpson, Mina Gorji, Rachel Spence. Convened by Jason Scott-Warren

3.10-4.30: Storytelling workshop: Dine Diallo (Giocherenda) with Marina Warner (Stories in Transit)

4.30-4.40: Tea

4.45 -5.45: Music and migration: Mohamed Sarrar and Elias Matar from Good Chance Theatre; Amit Chaudhuri and Adam Moore

6-6.40: Rooting Food: Faraj Alnasser, Roopa Gulati, Gamze Ineceli, Subha Mukherji, Claudia Roden. Curated by Bee Wilson. Poetic responses from Yousif M. Qasmiyeh and Anthony Vahni Capildeo

6.40: Book launch and drinks reception