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Maja Janmyr

@myrmek.bsky.social
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Humanitarianism & refugees, past & present. Prof. International Migration Law, University of Oslo. Also Senior Visiting Fellow, Lebanese American University & Associate Fellow, American University of Beirut.

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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
In Beirut? Come to my talk @lau.edu tomorrow on 'a most extraordinary resettlement scheme' that unfolded in Cold War Beirut. eventscal.lau.edu.lb/event.php?ev...
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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Do you want to know more about the enduring impacts of colonial legacies on the governance and treatment of refugees in non-signatory states? Join our webinar TODAY. @non-signatory.bsky.social Sign up here: www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/english...
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Webinar 1: Endurance of Coloniality - Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS)
This webinar is the first in our three-part webinar series building on the critical themes presented in our newly launched book, Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law.
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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
They have arrived! @non-signatory.bsky.social
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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
To launch our new book we are organizing three webinars this fall. The first on Sept 30 will address the enduring impacts of colonial legacies on the governance and treatment of refugees in non-signatory states. Sign up here and do help us spread the word! www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/english...
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Webinar Series: Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law - Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS)
We are proud to announce a three-part webinar series building on the critical themes presented in our newly launched book, Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law.
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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Hot off the press! So pleased to see that our volume "Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law" is out and available fully open access. Find the link below.
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Check out our new video abstract from Pakistan 🇵🇰 In @kazmiarj.bsky.social's latest research, she examines how Pakistan’s judiciary engages with the Refugee Convention despite being a non-signatory state. 🔗 Watch the full video here: www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/english...
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Flere av de politiske partiene på Stortinget ønsker i hovedsak å hjelpe flyktninger i «nærområdene» 🌍 Men hva vil det egentlig si? @myrmek.bsky.social mener Norge må kunne ha to tanker i hodet samtidig: Støtte opp om «nærområdene», samt verne om retten til å søke om asyl. Les hele saken her:
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Partienes asylpolitikk om «nærområdene» - Institutt for kriminologi og rettssosiologi (IKRS)
Flere av de politiske partiene på Stortinget ønsker i hovedsak å hjelpe flyktninger i «nærområdene». Men hva vil det egentlig si?
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Exciting news ✨ Our PhD candidate, Naureen Rahim, had her midway assessment yesterday on Bangladesh and the International Refugee Law Regime 🎓 Special thanks to Professor Mohammad Shahabuddin from @unibirmingham.bsky.social for acting as the external assessor and for sharing valuable feedback.
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Just released 📣 @myrmek.bsky.social's latest article, 'Transit Beirut: UNHCR, Diaspora Networks, and the Covert Resettlement of Armenians during the Cold War' is now published in Mashriq & Mahjar. Read the full article here: lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/ma...
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
How can ethnographic methods enhance refugee law research? ✨ In @myrmek.bsky.social's keynote at the Refugee Law Initiative's annual conference in London, she outlined three ways she has used ethnographic methods to navigate legal complexities. Discover the details below:
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Rethinking refugee law through an ethnographic lens - Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS)
At the Refugee Law Initiative’s annual conference in London, Professor Maja Janmyr delivered a keynote on the use of ethnographic approaches in refugee law.
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Dr Maja Grundler @majagrundler.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Brilliant keynote by @myrmek.bsky.social at #RLIconf25, discussing how ethnographic methods can inform, inspire and improve refugee law research
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
BEYOND organized a roundtable on refugee governance in Pakistan 🇵🇰 – With the current repatriation plan, there are many conflicting opinions and misunderstandings. We wanted to create a space to address these issues, Dr. Arjumand Bano Kazmi says. Discover the insightful discussions here:
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Discussing refugee rights and governance in Pakistan - Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS)
The BEYOND project organized a roundtable in Islamabad to address the politically sensitive and timely issue of refugee governance in Pakistan.
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Yesterday BEYOND organized a panel on non-signatory states in international refugee law in Lahore, Pakistan 🏛️ Thank you LUMS University for giving us the opportunity and for shedding light on this important topic.
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
We are excited to be a part of the Futures of International Law conference at LUMS University in Lahore, Pakistan 🇵🇰 Looking forward to stimulating conversations ahead!
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Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Excited to be taking part in this excellent conference and to hear from the wonderful keynote speakers @myrmek.bsky.social & @jfcrisp.bsky.social! Do consider joining if you’re in or near London the first week of June
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Check out our new video abstract ✨ In @ozlemgs.bsky.social's latest research, she explores how the Turkish Council of State engages with the Refugee Convention in cases involving 'non-European' refugees. 🔗 Watch the full video here: www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/english...
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Margaret Anstee Centre, Newnham College @ansteecentre.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Fascinating new article by @newnhamcollege.bsky.social Research Fellow Dr Diala Lteif in @antipodeonline.bsky.social based on her research into The Conditions of the Working Class in 1960s Beirut: Fire and Everyday Struggles in Karantina onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The Conditions of the Working Class in 1960s Beirut: Fire and Everyday Struggles in Karantina
In this paper, I examine the spatial processes of class formation within informal urban spaces. To do so, I consider Karantina in the 1960s, an outgrowth of one of the oldest refugee camps in the wor...
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Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen @tgammeltoft.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
🔥Full volume out now: 'What role for law in refugee studies? Towards a transdisciplinary agenda' - our special issue in J Refugee Studies (w/ the amazing @danghez.bsky.social and Helene Lambert) academic-oup-com.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/jrs/issue/37/4 @mobileucph.bsky.social
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Exciting news 🌟 @myrmek.bsky.social's new book chapter 'Lebanon and the establishment of international refugee law' in Refugee Governance in the Arab World: The International Refugee Regime and Global Politics, is now published! Read the full book chapter here: library.oapen.org/bitstream/ha...
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Thrilled to share our latest publication in the International Journal of Refugee Law 📖 Özlem Gürakar Skribeland explores the Turkish Council of State’s engagement with international refugee law in cases involving ‘non-European’ refugees. Read the full article here: academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance...
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
📣 Hot off the press 📣 In our latest publication in the International Journal of Refugee Law, Arjumand Bano Kazmi delves into the intricacies of Pakistan’s judiciary and its interaction with international refugee law. Read the full article here: academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance...
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The BEYOND project @non-signatory.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Over the past four years, the BEYOND project has conducted empirical case studies in Lebanon, Pakistan, Türkiye and Bangladesh, examining their relationships with international refugee law. Explore our map to see which states that remain non-signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention 🔍
The map provides an overview of UN member and observer states that have not signed the 1951 Convention nor the 1967 Protocol. The figure indicates that the majority of these non-signatory states are in the Middle East and South Asia.
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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Hot off the press! My new article on refugee rights claiming through protest at UNHCR Beirut. Free e-prints available here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IVH6P...
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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Our BEYOND project team is heading to Yogyakarta, Indonesia for IASFM 2025. We are looking forward to an exciting week ahead. If you are around, be in touch! iasfm.org/iasfm2025/
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Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
This is a great idea: a developmental editing workshop, run by the Journal of Global History. But, it's for colleagues for whom English is not a first language - and who work in institutions outside Western Europe and North America. 🗃️ networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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Journal of Global History development editing workshop | H-Net
CFP: Journal of Global History development editing workshop As part of efforts to make the field of global history more truly ‘global’, the Journal of Global History is hosting an online development w...
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Bernard Hage @bernardhage.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I am so excited and hopeful for Lebanon. Mabrouk Lubnan! Truly the start of a new era.✨
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Last Friday, I successfully defended my doctoral thesis on migration management and refugee struggles at the EU external borders! My heartfelt gratitude to my opponent @myrmek.bsky.social who raised important and critical questions & my supervisors @panuminkkinen.bsky.social and Dr Päivi Neuvonen.
With Professor JanmyrWith Professor Minkkinen, Professor Janmyr, and Dr Neuvonen
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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Despite the images of people joyously crossing Syria’s borders after al-Assad’s ouster, in addition to some countries pausing the asylum requests of Syrian refugees, questions remain about whether it is feasible – or safe – for most people to return.
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Syrians begin to return to destroyed homes. Will others follow?
With entire neighbourhoods razed to the ground, are mass returns to Syria feasible?
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Nicola Palmer @nicolapalmer.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Call for Papers: ‘Race, Refuge & Repair: Rethinking Migration from the Global South' University of Cape Town 29-30 May 2025 Abstracts: 14 Feb 2025 Keynote: E. Tendayi Achiume in discussion with @madlingozi.bsky.social law.uct.ac.za/sites/defaul... @bordercrim.bsky.social @uctlaw.bsky.social
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Elin Lerum Boasson @elinlb.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
We are searching for #polsci scholars with a special interest in teaching and researching QUALITATIVE political science methods! Yes, QUALITATIVE! @statsvitenskap.bsky.social is vibrant and full of nice people. Oslo has lots of culture, nature and charm. Join us! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034) | University of Oslo
Job title: 2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
To all the analysts jumping on here to warn about tomorrow, Syrians are ten steps ahead of you. Have some basic human empathy and let those celebrating the release of the unjustly detained, the reuniting of families, the hopes of return, and the end of a brutal regime do so in peace.
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
"The Syrian people topple the regime of Bashar al-Assad"
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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
An extraordinary night. ✨ To Syrian freedom!
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William Christou @willchristou.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Moammar has been searching for his brother for 39 years, arrested by Syrian soldiers in Lebanon when he was 18. He hadn’t heard anything from him since. Until Thursday, when his brother emerged from Hama prison as an old man, 39 years later. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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‘He has come out an old man’: joy and grief as loved ones released from Assad prisons
Family members describe renewed hopes after decades-long searches for political detainees in ‘Kingdom of Silence’
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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
There is still time to apply for this fully-funded PhD position in criminology/sociology of law. Come join our thriving department! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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PhD Fellowship in Criminology and/or Sociology of Law (270215) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Fellowship in Criminology and/or Sociology of Law (270215), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
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Antara Datta @antaradatta.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Rather than a dramatic first post, just a heads up that on 5th December I’ll be speaking at a Refugee Law Initiative seminar in London, bringing some old and new research together: rli.sas.ac.uk/events/confl...
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Conflict, statelessness and state succession: reflections from South Asia and Africa
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Derya Ozkul @deryaozkul.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy to see our work w Natalie Welfens published in the Journal of Refugee Studies “UNHCR–state relations: transfer of authority over refugee status determination”👇 academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...
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مصدر عام | The Public Source @thepublicsource.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Read Fatima's story, along with those of other villagers from southern Lebanon and northern Palestine, as they share the bitter consequences of borders shifting arbitrarily beneath their feet. "Stolen by a Map: The Haunting History of Lebanon's Lost Villages" thepublicsource.org/lebanon-lost...
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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Reports are mounting that a ceasefire could be declared today. Meanwhile, Israel is still heavily bombing Dahiyeh. Escalations often occur before the end and we hope the end is in sight.
Explosions in Dahiyeh, south Beirut
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Nina Reiners @ninareiners.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Please share: ✨We have a permanent position as Associate Professor in Human Rights (interdisciplinary) at NCHR, @unioslo-jus.bsky.social✨ 🔎 Human rights scholar combining insights and methods from the social sciences with legal approaches 📅 Deadline: 2 Dec 2024 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Associate Professor in Human Rights (270032) | University of Oslo
Job title: Associate Professor in Human Rights (270032), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, December 2, 2024
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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Yes! And even before the war(s), humanitarian practices led to the protection concerns and circumstances of Sudanese refugees and asylum-seekers being invisibilized - an invisibilization they rightly and strongly contested. academic.oup.com/rsq/article/...
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Sudanese Refugees and the “Syrian Refugee Response” in Lebanon: Racialised Hierarchies, Processes of Invisibilisation, and Resistance
Abstract. By focusing on Sudanese refugees and asylum-seekers in Lebanon, who in 2018 constituted 4 per cent of all persons of concern to United Nations Hi
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 25/11/2024
24 November UNHCR overview of arrivals to Syria from Lebanon includes updated breakdown of arrivals by crossings, demographics for both Syrian and Lebanese arrivals: data.unhcr.org/en/documents...
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New arrivals from Lebanon overview NOV 2024
New arrivals from Lebanon overview NOV 2024
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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
[New Blog 🖋️] Prof. Maja Janm and Dr. Nora Milch show how two new landmark judgments fundamentally change how EU countries may approach returns to Lebanon and Syria. Read the full blog here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
New to BlueSky! We are Border Criminologies at the University of Oxford. We bring together academics, practitioners, and those who have experienced border control from around the world, showcasing original research from a range of perspectives. Check out our website: www.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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Border Criminologies | Faculty of Law
Border Criminologies is an international network of researchers, practitioners, and those who
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 24/11/2024
We've been working hard this weekend. Now tracking total of 43 States. Mapping State Reactions to the #InternationalCriminalCourt Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant By @becingber.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/105064/mappi...
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Mapping State Reactions to the ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
Mapping how states are responding to the ICC's arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 23/11/2024
On this day in 1946, the Foreigners' Act was passed in India. The decision to withdraw from international conventions on refugees was shaped by imperial hierarchies of movement in the early 20c, informing India's refugee regime today. From our archive: www.historyworkshop....
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Moving People
This is the first piece in a series titled Moving People. In exploring how people on the move are labelled, remembered, and constrained, it offers new understandings of the experiences (and inconsistencies) underpinning issues of…
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Maja Janmyr @myrmek.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
With Israel expanding its warfare in Lebanon, Cyprus is preparing for a possible influx from Lebanon. How will these arrivals be approached? We argue that two new landmark judgments significantly shape how we can approach these arrivals. blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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Landmark judgments: No safe return to Lebanon and Syria
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