Dive into the world of migration through senses you never thought about in this cool mini series.

How can we understand migration through the senses? This spring, join us for the second edition of our online series, bringing together leading scholars working in Europe, South America and Africa, who are reshaping migration studies through multisensory approaches.

Across three 60-minute webinars, we will explore how researchers engage their own and their participants’ senses in the field, what new insights a sensory lens brings to migration scholarship, and how to ethically navigate sensory data—especially when it speaks to exclusion, belonging, and boundary-making.

This second series, therefore, aims at decentring migration studies, not only by re-establishing the senses as a central element of scientific work, but also by bringing proposals outside of a Eurocentric scholarship.

Each session features one inspirational scholar, a moderated conversation, and an open Q&A with participants.

Convenors:
Amandine Dessille (MIGRARE, CEG/IGOT, University of Lisbon; Laboratório Terra)
Karolina Nikielska-Sekuła (Department of Intercultural Mobility and Critical Heritage Studies Hub, Jagiellonian University)

Programme
28 April 2026, 11:00 PT
Franz Buhr, CEG/IGOT, University of Lisbon
Playing the city: body, migration and urban mobility

19 May 2026, 11:00 PT
Daniela Rodrigues, ANFAA – A*Midex / IDEAS, AMU, CNRS
Drawing Material Culture on the Move: A Sensory Approach to Migratory Everyday Lives

16 June 2026, 11:00 PT
Amira Ahmed, Adjunct Faculty at the American University in Cairo (AUC), The Institute of Women and Gender Studies (HUSS), School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Music and sound heritage: Researching sensorial and bodily knowledge among migrants and refugees in Egypt

Free participation – registration via Eventbrite