Nair, Parvati
Director of UNU-GCM
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-GCM
- E-MAIL:
- pnair@unu.edu
- NATIONALITY:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Education
- Ph.D, Spanish Cultural Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London
Biographical Statement
Prof. Dr. Parvati Nair has taught and published in the fields of Cultural Studies and Hispanic Studies. Her particular areas of focus are on questions of gender, ethnicity and cultural identity in contexts of mobility and displacement. She also writes on the representations of migration in cultural media, especially photography. She is the Principal Editor of the refereed journal Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture.
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Articles
- Nair, Parvati (2018). Beyond Mapped Horizons: Reflections on the Model International Mobility Convention. Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 56(2), 248-256
- Nair, Parvati (2017). Refugee or migrant? Sometimes the line is blurred. The Conversation, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2016). Sealed lips, sealed borders: contemporary human mobility and the imperative of language. openDemocracy, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2015). On Gender and Migration. openDemocracy, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2015). Women of the World: Networks and Local Associations. openDemocracy, n/a-n/a
- Amrith, Megha, Bello, Valeria, McGregor, Elaine, Mosneaga, Ana, Nair, Parvati, Pescinski, Janina and Siegel, Melissa (2015). UN Experts Make Special Statement for International Migrants Day. ourworld.unu.edu, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2015). Should Migration Have Been a Separate Goal?. United Nations University, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2015). Home-Work: Gender and Urban Immigrant Relocation. openDemocracy, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2015). Where to now? Governing the migration crisis in the Mediterranean. openDemocracy, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2015). Women of the World: Work. openDemocracy, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2015). Women of the World: The City. openDemocracy, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2015). Women of the World: Prejudices and Stereotypes. openDemocracy, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati and Siegel, Melissa (2015). The Mediterranean Crisis: An Open Letter to World Leaders. unu.edu, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2015). Why Photography Matters. openDemocracy, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2014). UNU-GCM: An Introduction. Contributions to Science, 9(1), 101-106
- Nair, Parvati (2014). Europe Facing Cultural and Religious Diversity: The Challenges of Pluralism. IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook, 2014, n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2014). Cultural and Religious Plurality in Europe: The Challenges of Pluralism. IEMED Yearbook, 2014, 328-330
- Nair, Parvati (2013). Beirut : City of Lines. Wasafiri, 28(1), 10-12
- Nair, Parvati (2013). Homeward Bound? Questions on Promoting the Reintegration of Returning Migrants. UN Chronicle, L(3), n/a-n/a
- Nair, Parvati (2012). The Refuge of Photography : Perspectives on Asylum, Citizenship and Belonging in London. Asylum Accounts in Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writings, 12(2), n/a-n/a
Books
- Nair, Parvati, Migration Across Boundaries : Linking Research to Practice and Experience, ed. Nair, Parvati and Bloom, Tendayi (London: Ashgate, 2015).
- Nair, Parvati, Hispanic and Lusophone Women Filmmakers : Critical Discourses and Cinematic Practices, ed. Nair, Parvati and Gutiérrez-Albilla, Julien (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012).
Book Chapters
- Nair, Parvati, “Undocumented, Unseen: the making of the everyday in the global metropolis of London” in London the Promised Land Revisited: The Changing Face of the London Migrant Landscape in the Early 21st Century, ed. Kershen, Anne ( London: Ashgate,2015), 97-113.
- Amrith, Megha, “Cities as Lived Spaces: making Sense of Everyday Migrant Sociability in Academic Discourses on Migration and Cities” in Migration Across Boundaries: Linking Research to Practice and Experience, ed. Nair, Parvati and Bloom, Tendayi ( London: Ashgate,2015), 163-182.
- Nair, Parvati, “Turbulent Roads: Imperialism, Globalization and Migration” in The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism, ed. Ness, Immanuel and Saer, Ba ( London: Palgrave Macmillan,2015), n/a-n/a.
- Nair, Parvati, “Still Photography and Moving Subjetcs: Migration in the Frame of Hospitality” in Migration Across Boundaries : Linking Research to Practice and Experience, ed. Nair, Parvati and Bloom, Tendayi ( London: Ashgate,2015), 183-198.
- Bloom, Tendayi, “Composing Theories of Justice in an Unjust World: Using a Methodology of Interdisciplinary Iterative Analysis to Examine the UK Policy of Destitution of Refused Asylum Seekers” in Migration Across Boundaries : Linking Research to Practice and Experience, ed. Nair, Parvati and Bloom, Tendayi ( London: Ashgate,2015), 49-68.
Reports
- Brubaker, Rebecca and Nair, Parvati (2018). Surges and Swarms: A Conversation on Responsible Coverage of Migration. Highlights from a Workshop with the News Media in the Context of UN Consultations on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. United Nations University.
Serials
- Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture 7(1). London: Intellect, 2016
- Mediterranean Journeys in Hope n/a(n/a). Online: openDemocracy Limited, 2016
- Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture 6(2). London: Intellect, 2015
- Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture 6(1). London: Intellect, 2015
- Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture 5(1). London: Intellect, 2014
- Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture 5(2/3/2015). London: Intellect, 2014
- Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture 4(1). London: Intellect, 2013
- Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture 4(2). London: Intellect, 2013
- Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture 3(1). London: Intellect, 2012
- Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture 3(2). London: Intellect, 2012
- Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture 2(1). London: Intellect, 2011
- Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture 1(1). London: Intellect, 2010