Lori Delivers Inaugural Harney Series Lecture
On January 21, 2021, Noora Lori, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, delivered the inaugural lecture of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy’s Harney Lecture Series.
Sponsored by the R.F. Harney Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, the Harney Lecture Series brings prominent scholars and practitioners from around the world to explore cutting-edge topics in citizenship, migration, and diversity and to enrich the research community at the University of Toronto.
During her lecture, titled Ta’al Bachir (Come Tomorrow): The Politics of Waiting for Citizenship, Lori discussed her book – Offshore Citizens: Permanent Temporary Status in the Gulf – which explains how and why some minorities are neither fully included nor simply expelled by a state. Instead, they can be suspended in limbo, residing in a territory for extended periods without ever accruing any citizenship rights.
Details of Lori’s lecture and the entire series can be found online.
Noora Lori’s research broadly focuses on the political economy of migration, the development of security institutions and international migration control, and the establishment and growth of national identity systems. She is particularly interested in the study of temporary worker programs and racial hierarchies in comparative perspective. Lori is the Founding Director of the Pardee School Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking. Read more about Professor Lori on her faculty profile.