Julia Morris Curriculum Vitae
Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility [email protected] The New School for Social Research +1 917-432-4888 79 5th Avenue, 16th Floor New York, NY 10003-3034
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
August 2017 – 2019 Post-doctoral Fellow, Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, The New School for Social Research, New York
July – August 2018 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
May – August 2017 Research Assistant, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford European Commission-funded project on institutionalized experience of political justice among Roma migrants.
EDUCATION
D.Phil. Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, 2017 Dissertation: From Phosphate to Refugees: The Offshore Refugee Boom in the Republic of Nauru Committee: Bridget Anderson (chair), Alexander Betts, Anna Tsing
M.Mus. Ethnomusicology with Distinction, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2011
Postgraduate Certificate of Education, Highly Commended for Academic Achievement, Durham University, 2008
BMus (Hons) Music with First Class Honors, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2007
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 – present Postdoctoral Associate, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford 2016 – 2017 Visiting Research Student, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley 2013 – 2017 Research Student, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford 2015 – 2016 Visiting Research Student, Center for the Study of Law & Society, University of California, Berkeley 2014 – 2015 Visiting Research Fellow, Border Crossings Observatory, Social Sciences Department, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 2013 Europaeum Research Fellow, Global Migration Centre, International Law Department, Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland
1 PUBLICATIONS
Books forthcoming From Phosphate to Refugees: The Offshore Refugee Boom in the Republic of Nauru. Book manuscript under edit with Cornell University Press.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles under revision From Phosphate to Refugees: Values in Circulation in the Republic of Nauru’s Offshore Refugee Industry. Under review for American Ethnologist.
2019 forthcoming A Cursed Resource: The Impact of the Refugee Boom in the Republic of Nauru. Humanity.
The Politics and Practices of the Jordan Refugee Compact. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees: Special Issue ‘Re-imagining Complementary Pathways to Refugee Protection.’
2018 Refugee Economies: Violence and Extraction of a Human Commodity. Society & Space: Special Issue ‘Destitution Economies.’
2017 Power, Capital and Immigration Detention Rights: Making Networked Markets in Global Detention Governance at UNHCR. Global Networks 17: 400–422.
2014 Baay Fall Sufi Da'iras: Voicing Identity Through Acoustic Communities. African Arts, 47/1.
Book Chapters 2019 Making a Market in Refugees in the Republic of Nauru. In Profit, Protest, and the Asylum Industry. Pine A. and McGuirk S., eds. Oakland: PM Press.
2016 In the Market of Morality: International Human Rights Standards and the Immigration Detention Improvement Complex. In Intimate Economies: Critical Perspectives on Immigration Detention. Hiemstra, N. and Conlon, D., eds. London: Routledge.
Reports 2018 The tension between political representation and experienced recognition among Roma in the UK. With Bridget Anderson, Dora-Olivia Vicol and Pier- Luc Dupont. ETHOS – Towards a European Theory of Justice and Fairness.
2013 The Impact of Privatization on Prison and Immigration Detention, research report for Grassroots Leadership.
Book Reviews 2018 Review of Poteet, M. and Nourpanah, S., eds. After the Flight: The Dynamics of Refugee Settlement and Integration, in Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees 34 (2).
2 2015 Review of Moran, D., Gill, N. and Conlon, D., eds. Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency in Imprisonment and Migrant Detention, in Population, Space and Place 20 (8): 757-759.
2014 Review of Hall, A. Border Watch: Cultures of Immigration, Detention and Control, in Space and Polity 18 (1): 110-112.
Press and Non-Academic Publications 2018 ‘Zolberg Fellows in Jordan.’ NSSR News Monthly.
2018 Interview concerning research for The New School’s Graduate Program in International Affairs, Migration Studio podcast Borderlines.
2017 The Uneven Production of Illegality: A Response to The Daily’s ‘The Sheriff Bind.’ Forced Migration Forum.
2017 Outsourcing the Refugee “Crisis.” Social Justice Journal Blog.
2016 The Mythologies of the Nauruan Refugee Nation. CounterPunch.
2013 Reflections on Applied Research into Immigration Detention, Guest Post for the University of Oxford’s Law and Criminology Department blog, Border Criminologies.
2013 Interview concerning research into immigration detention for the program People United: The Show in Solidarity with the People of the World (91.7 fm).
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2017 Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria CARFMS Attendance Award 2017 Oxford School of Anthropology Conference Attendance Award 2016 Writing-Up Scholarship, Oxford School of Anthropology 2016 St. Cross College Travel and Research Award, University of Oxford 2015 Europaeum Democracy Award, University of Oxford 2014 Peter Lienhardt Memorial Fund and Philip Bagby Fund Travel Award, School of Anthropology, University of Oxford 2014 Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Social Science Research Council 2014 Europaeum Oxford-Geneva Study Bursary for Research Fellowship, Global Migration Centre, Graduate Institute of Geneva 2013 Oxford School of Anthropology Conference Attendance Award and St. Cross College Travel and Research Award 2013 Young Researcher’s Scholarship, Musee du quai Branly 2013 – 2016 School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Academic Bursary, University of Oxford 2011 Heldrich-Dvorak Travel Fellowship, Southwest Popular/American Culture Association
3 INVITED TALKS
2018 “Canary in a Coal Mine? Climate Change Uncertainties in the Republic of Nauru,” Center for the Study of Inequality and Social Justice, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 29 November.
2018 “From Phosphate to Refugees: The Consequential Damages of the Republic of Nauru’s Offshore Refugee System,” Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, 15 June.
2018 “Manufacturing Landscapes: The Politics and Practices of the Jordan Refugee Compact,” Alt-Solutions Workshop on Refugee Protection for the Global Compact on Refugees, York University, June 5-6.
2018 “Refugees at the Intersection: Urban Planning,” NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, May 1.
2018 “(Im)mobility Economies,” Multiple Mobilities seminar, The Zolberg Institute, The New School, April 4.
2018 “Values or Value in the Offshore Refugee Industry?: Refugees as Commodities in the Republic of Nauru,” Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, March 7.
2018 “Extractive Moralities?: The Impact of the Refugee Boom in the Republic of Nauru,” Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, March 7.
2017 “Offshore Extractions and the Everyday Life of a Refugee Economy in the Republic of Nauru” for the Speaker Series, University of British Columbia’s Department of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada, February 7. Also at the Lunch and Learn Series, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, February 9.
2017 “Values in Circulation in the Offshore Refugee Industry in the Republic of Nauru,” Criminology, Law & Society Speaker Series, UC Irvine School of Law, February 3.
2016 “The Offshore Refugee Assemblage in the Republic of Nauru,” Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law, November 22.
2016 “The Making of Refugee Industrial Frontiers in the Republic of Nauru,” Work in Progress Series, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, October 20.
2015 “Architecting Refugee Law and Development for the Republic of Nauru,” Visiting Scholar Series, Center for the Study of Law & Society, UC Berkeley School of Law, November 22.
2015 “Godly Mechanics and (Post)colonial Future: Law and Governance in the Imperial Pacific,” School of Government, Development and International Affairs, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, March 16. 4 2010 Guest presenter at Immigration Detention Practice Forum, constructed for NGO practitioners around own research. King’s Place, London, UK, December 3.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND SESSIONS ORGANISED
2018 Panel Discussant, “Effective Migration (Mis)Management in the EU and Beyond,” The Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York City, May 3.
2018 Panel Convener and Moderator, ‘Las Patronas’ panel discussion with film director and producers, The New School, May 3.
2018 Co-organizer, “Cities, Climate and Migration” conference, The New School, New York City, April 27.
2018 Panel Convener and Moderator, reading and discussion with Valeria Luiselli and mónica tereza ortiz, The New School, April 18.
2018 “Phosphate turned refugee economies in the Republic of Nauru,” Association of American Geographers annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 10-14.
2018 Panel Convener and Moderator, ‘Les Sauteurs’ panel discussion with Miriam Ticktin and Richard Pena, in partnership with Columbia University Global Centers. The New School, February 28.
2018 Panel Convener and Moderator, ‘Which Way Home’ panel discussion with New York Immigration Coalition, UNICEF and Isabel Martinez. The New School, February 21.
2017 “Extractive Moralities?: The Impact of the Refugee Boom in the Republic of Nauru,” the American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C., November 29-December 3.
2017 Panel Convener and Moderator, ‘Fire at Sea’ panel discussion with Sandro Mezzadra and Anne McNevin, The New School, November 15.
2017 Panel Convener and Moderator, ‘Harvest of Empire’ panel discussion with Ann Stoler and Make the Road NY, The New School, October 25.
2017 “Cursed Resources: The Politics of Offshore Refugee Extraction in the Republic of Nauru,” Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, University of Victoria, May 15-18.
2017 “From Phosphate to Refugees: The Offshore Refugee Boom in the Republic of Nauru,” Shifting Borders: History, Reality and Legacy, St. Antony’s Graduate Research Conference, University of Oxford, May 2.
2015 Discussant, European Democracy Day, The Europaeum Association, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, November 23.
5 2014 Session Co-Convener, Two Four-Panel Sessions: “Moving People: Anthropologists adopting, interrogating and refuting governmental categorizations,” Anthropology and Mobility Network, European Association of Social Anthropologists, Talinn, Estonia, July 31.
2014 “The Politics of Engagement in UK Immigration Detention,” Association of American Geographers annual meeting, Tampa, FL, April 8-12.
2013 “The Politics of the Arts in Immigration Detention,” Association ethnomusiKa Anthropology Conference, Bodies and Voices: Rethinking Politics through Musical and Choreographic Practices, Musee du quai Branly, Paris, France, June 13-14.
2011 “Third Space in an Immigration Removal Centre,” Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 20-23.
2010 “Third Space in an Immigration Removal Centre,” International Journal of Arts & Sciences Conference, Rome, Italy, April 23-25.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
The New School for Social Research Humanitarianism in Practice: Amman in Action (graduate, spring 2019)
Migration and the Environment (undergraduate, spring 2019)
Migration, Politics and Power (undergraduate, spring 2019)
Boundaries and Belonging (graduate, fall 2018)
Refugee Resettlement Innovation in Jordan (graduate, summer 2018, including internship placement in Amman with the International Rescue Committee)
Manufacturing Landscapes: The Politics and Practices of the Jordan Refugee Compact (graduate, spring intensive 2018 with field trip component)
Migration, Politics and Power (undergraduate, spring 2018)
In Search of the Political, Department of Anthropology, led graduate seminar in absentia of Professor Miriam Ticktin, 22 February 2018
Mobility and Forced Migration, The New School, Milano School’s Graduate Program in International Affairs, invited expert jury member for presentation assessments, 7 December 2017
The Political Nature of the Market, The New School, Department of Politics, invited undergraduate class talk, 4 December 2017
Deterrence Policies: In search of controlling mobility, The New School, Milano School’s Graduate Program in International Affairs, invited graduate seminar talk, 28 September 2017 6
Graduate student thesis examination May 2018, Janie Ziye Shen, MA International Studies
University of California, Berkeley Instructor, Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology (undergraduate, summer 2018)
Teaching Assistant, Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times (undergraduate, winter 2016)
Stanford University Guest Lecturer, Pre-Collegiate Studies Institute, Sociology and Inequality: Migration (summer 2017)
Other Teaching, Sole Instructor University of British Columbia, Mobilities and Immobilities, invited graduate seminar talk, 16 February 2017
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Music and Development, graduate seminar series (spring 2011)
High school and primary music sociology and instrumental teaching, Waltham Forest Music Service, London, UK (2008 - 2010)
Teaching Assistant, International School of Dakar, Senegal (summer 2008)
High School Music Teacher, Durham Johnston Secondary School, UK (2007 - 2008)
Assistant Director and Workshop Facilitator, Youth Music Theatre UK (winter 2003)
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
2018 Organized student photography competition at The New School Conference on Cities, Climate and Migration. This resulted in a public exhibition at the First Presbyterian Church, 12 W12th St., New York City.
2018 Designed and lead Spring Fieldwork Intensive for 9 students to Amman, Jordan. ‘Manufacturing Landscapes: The Politics and Practices of the Jordan Refugee Compact,’ March 16-25.
2017-18 Organize and lead public performance and seminar discussion series, ‘pictures in motion. of motion. for motion.’ at The New School, co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Global Centers.
2014 Workshop Participant, Development and Migration, Dissertation Proposal Development Program, Social Science Research Council, Arlington, Virginia, September 17-21. Also at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, June 10-15.
2010 Research Collaboration between Music in Detention and School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
7 ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2013 Academic Researcher, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, UC Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, CA 2013 Academic Researcher, Grassroots Leadership, Austin, TX 2010 Academic Researcher, Music in Detention, London, UK
ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Consultant, Pacific and Development Group, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade Co-editor, Public Seminar vertical, Mobilities, 2018 - present Reviewer, Cultural Anthropology, 2017 – present Reviewer, Political Geography, 2017 - present Copy Editor, Anthropology Matters, 2017 - present Political Economy Faculty Reading Group, 2017 - present Faculty Representative, New Student Reception, The New School, 2018 Graduate Student Representative, Athena SWAN (Scientific Women’s Academic Network) equality charter status, University of Oxford, 2016 - 17 Committee Member, UC Berkeley AGORA: Anthropology Graduate Students Organized for Research and Action, 2016 - 17 Graduate Subject Representative, Department of Anthropology, University of Oxford, 2014 - 2015 Joint Consultative Committee Representative, Department of Anthropology, University of Oxford, 2014 - 15
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Anthropological Association American Association of Geographers American Ethnological Society Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Society for Cultural Anthropology Society for Economic Anthropology Anthropology and Mobility Network, European Association of Social Anthropologists Migration and Citizenship Collaborative Research Network, Law and Society Association
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Advanced reading, writing, speaking French: Advanced reading, writing, speaking
RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2012 – 2013 Project Manager, KAPA Music Productions, London, UK 2010 – 2012 Tour Production Manager, SASA Music, London, UK
REFERENCES
Alexander Aleinikoff, Professor and Director of Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility The New School, 79 5th Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10003 [email protected], +1 929-343-7701
8 Miriam Ticktin, Associate Professor and Chair Department of Anthropology, The New School, 6 East 16th St., Room 926, New York, NY 10003 [email protected], +1 212-229-5757 ext. 3016
Bridget Anderson, Professor School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, 3 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TU UK [email protected], +44 (0)117 3310848
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