📢 MiReKoc Wednesday Seminar Series continues with Natalie Brinham’s talk “When Borders Cross Peoples: Navigating Digital Borders in the Myanmar/India Borderlands” on Wednesday, MARCH 25, at 12:00 (Turkey time), online (zoom). Register in advance via the following link kocun.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Applications Now Open! MiReKoc, in partnership with the Boston University Center on Forced Displacement (BU CFD), will host the 2026 International Summer School from 7-12 September 2026 in Istanbul. research.ku.edu.tr/mirekoc/miss/

Save the date! 📅 MiReKoc-BU CFD International Summer School 2026 will take place on 07–12 September 2026 at Koç University Rumelifeneri Campus, Istanbul. Theme: “Crossing Regions, Shaping Lives: African Migration Corridors in Global Perspective.” miss.ku.edu.tr

📢 MiReKoc Wednesday Seminar Series starts with Bircan Polat's talk “Emergence, Consolidation, and Transformations of Local Identities in Urban Context: The Case of ‘Orçul Community’ in Istanbul” on Wed, FEB 18, at 12:00 (Turkey time), online (zoom). Zoom Registration: kocun.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Now Out! The third paper in our MiReKoc BROAD-ER Working Paper Series, "Trusted with Keys, Denied Citizenship Rights: Unionising as Means to Shape Urban Migration Governance from Below" by Norma Schemschat. Read it here: research.ku.edu.tr/mirekoc/publ...

🚀 MITIME is hiring 15 PhD researchers — incl. 2 at Koç University (Istanbul) with MiReKoc. Topics: Remote Work & Mobility; Migration & Time. 🌍 Mobility rule applies. ⭐ International training + funding. 🔗 Apply: migrationtime.eu/phd-positions ⏳ Deadline: Feb 1, 2026

Join us for the MiReKoc Wednesday Seminar! 🗣 Zanna Ramaekers (Erasmus Univ.) 📌 “Organs, Bodies, Borders: Migration & kidney sales across the Euro-Med border” 📅 17 Dec, 12:00 (TR) 📍 Hybrid: SOS180F & Zoom 🔗 Register: kocun.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Prof. Ahmet İçduygu, Director of the Migration Research Center at Koç University, delivered a speech at the opening panel of the UNESCO MOST School held at Istinye University, organized around the theme of Artificial Intelligence and Migration.

Meet the lecturers at MiReKoc-UNIC International Summer School! This year’s theme: "Beyond Borders: Health, Migration, and Diversity in an Interconnected World." 14–25 July 2025 | Koç University, Istanbul Details: miss.ku.edu.tr #Migration #Health #Diversity #wellbeing

Lorenzo Rinelli – Cracking the Stone. Artifacts, Public Space and the Memory of Empire in Contemporary Rome

Discussant: @bircealtiok.bsky.social from MiReKoc!

Panel 3 continues with "The (Dis)Continuities of Lisbon’s Muslim Past and Present: Spatial and Memorial Patterns in Mouraria" by Duygu Cihanger Ribeiro

Panel 3 has just started with "Building and Rebuilding the Cities: Memories of Migration and Making of the Urban Malabar" by Anagha Pradeep! Chaired by Rafik Arfaoui from @gritim-upf.bsky.social

Panel 2 continues with "Re-remembering Displacementin Bubenreuth: Collective Memory, Migration, and Urban dentity"by Denis Zeković.

Conference continues with Panel 2! "Memory and Mobilisation in Trieste: Silos as a Site of Politics" by Janina Pescinski Chaired by @bircealtiok.bsky.social from MiReKoc

Last discussant of the Panel 1: Gülşen Doğan from MiReKoc

Panel 1 continues with "Place-Making Through (Un)Making Memories of Migrations: The Case of Beyoğlu"by Ahmet Içduygu from MiReKoc

Discussant: Diletta Marcucci from @gritim-upf.bsky.social

Panel 1 has started with "Transnational Lives: Memory, Identity, and Belonging Among Albanian Migrants in London and Athens" by Eda Gemi

It continues with "The conference continues with an insightful session on "Literature Review on Urban Memories of Migration" presented by Ceren Kulkul. #UrbanStudies #Migration #LiteratureReview

The conference starts with "Why Do We Need to Open a New Research Field on Urban Memory and Migration?" by @ricardzapata.bsky.social

Opening remarks by @ricardzapata.bsky.social from @gritim-upf.bsky.social and Ahmet Icduygu from Koç University at BROAD-ER Scientific Conference at @upf.edu

We’re excited to welcome Apostolos Veizis from INTERSOS Hellas at the MiReKoc-UNIC International Summer School! He’ll discuss the health and dignity of people on the move, exploring challenges and the way forward. More info: miss.ku.edu.tr

TOMORROW! 📢The MiReKoc-BROAD-ER Wednesday Seminar Series starts with Juan Carlos Triviño Salazar’s talk on Wednesday, MAR 5, 12:00 (Turkey time), online (zoom). kocun.zoom.us/meeting/regi...