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This timely exhibition addresses current geopolitics around immigration and asylum, including the global refugee crisis, DACA, travel bans and Brexit. Come and see passports, visas, and travel documents drawn from Harvard Library collections, and explore an installation of expired passports purchased on e-commerce sites. Travelers and migrants featured include Leon Trotsky, Shirley Graham Du Bois, George Balanchine, and Timothy Leary.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Lamont Library, Forum Room, 4.30-5.30pm
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GLOBAL MOBILITY: IDENTITY, MIGRATION & PASSPORTS
Panel discussion and Q&A with speakers from Harvard’s Administrative Fellowship Program 2017-18 cohort. https://hr.harvard.edu/administrative-fellows-program
• Welcome
Anne-Marie Eze
Director of Scholarly and Public Programs, Houghton Library
• About the exhibition
Lucas Mertehikian
Graduate student, Romance Languages and Literatures, Co-curator of “Passports: Lives in Transit”
• Twenty Years Undocumented: My Pathway to Legal Status
Diana Giron
Administrative Fellow for the Program in General Education, Harvard College
• The Politics of Space and Identity: Displaced Migrants and Stateless Refugees
Lily De La Fuente
Librarian Fellow for Immigration and Migration Studies, Widener Library
• Entry, Exit, and Asylum: Traversing Borders
Eric Jordan
Office for Dispute Resolution Associate
• International Students and Cultural Adjustment at Harvard
Tana Ruegamer
Advisor to International Students and Scholars, Harvard International Office
Houghton Library, Edison and Newman Room, 5.30-7pm
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MAMA AFRICA PARTY
Cross-cultural celebration of humanity’s common roots with an exhibition viewing, live Afro-pop and Moz-jazz music by Albino Mbie, Afro-Latin dance by Angie Egea of Masacote Dance Company, and food by Suya Joint All African Cuisine.
ORGANIZER: Houghton Library
WEBSITE: http://houghton75.org/?event=passports-lives-in-transit-closing-event