Refuge and Rejection: The Past and Present of Displaced Persons

In this project we will build a humanistic, historical framework for consideration of persons displaced by war, natural disaster, and political upheaval.  We examine the historical and contemporary circumstances of refugees, stateless persons and other migrants.  We identify a set of specific research questions that we will address:  1) Who is a refugee? Who is a displaced person?  2) Where in history and contemporary circumstances do we see marked differences in their treatment?  3) What explains such differences?