Emergency BU Alert BU Alert: Winter Weather Closure Update – Campuses Remain Closed 2/24/26, Reopening 2/25/26 Due the continued effects of the blizzard, including limited transportation infrastructure and power outages throughout the state, Boston University’s Charles River, Fenway, and Medical Campuses will remain closed on Tuesday, February 24, with limited services being offered. The University will resume normal operations and reopen all campuses on Wednesday, February 25. For more info, please visit bu.edu/today.
The Center on Forced Displacement fosters interdisciplinary research and engagement with the global challenge of forced displacement. We bring together multidisciplinary teams of researchers, practitioners, and artists from across schools and colleges at Boston University, around the country, and around the world.
CFD’s Annual Conferences bring together interdisciplinary scholars, researchers, artists, practitioners, students and engaged community members from around the world to discuss, debate and learn about the myriad challenges faced by forcibly displaced communities and ethical, practical, evidence-based and rigorous approaches to address these challenges.
Critical Forced Displacement (CFD) Magazine is an interdisciplinary, international, open-access magazine published by Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement and featuring articles, essays, art, and argument concerned with forced displacement.
The deadline to submit pieces for CFD Magazine has been extended through March 1, 2026. Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement invites contributions to our interdisciplinary, multi-genre magazine. The magazine, published quarterly, will bring together a variety of original works across disciplines in a peer-reviewed publication that examines the global challenge of forced displacement through […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our undergraduate fellows, Kate Charlotin, for an interview about her work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? What are you studying? I’m a junior in the College of […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our graduate fellows, Maria Antonia Blandon, for an interview about her work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? What are you studying or researching? Many have heard of […]
The Boston University Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) invites applications for the 2026 Summer Program on Migration and Borders, a two-week intensive program designed for graduate students (MA, MPhil, PhD) whose research focuses on migration and/or displacement in any regional or thematic context. The submission deadline has been extended to January 31, 2025. The Summer […]
CFD has partnered with Save the Children, an international NGO championing the rights of children across the globe. Newsletter Director Autumn Bachofen interviewed Amy Karageorgos, Senior Advisor for Disability Rights and Inclusion at Save the Children US to learn more about Save the Children's history, projects, aspirations, and partnership with CFD. CFD Team: Tell us […]
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our post-baccalaureate research fellows, Maryam Khalil, for an interview about her work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below. CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? What are you studying or researching? A lot of places […]
Critical Forced Displacement (CFD) Magazine is an interdisciplinary, international, open-access magazine published by Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement and featuring articles, essays, art, and argument concerned with forced displacement. Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement invites contributions to our interdisciplinary, multi-genre magazine. The magazine, published quarterly, will bring together a variety of original works […]
The Center on Forced Displacement invites submissions for posters for our 2025 annual conference, to be held April 13th and 14th, 2026 on our campus in Boston, MA. Our poster session will be held one of the two days of the conference. The hybrid conference will bring together interdisciplinary researchers, scholars, artists, practitioners, students, and […]