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On 16 February, in collaboration with MIGRATE and Unicef’s NEXTGen London, we are delighted to be joined by BBC journalist Catrin Nye who will be presenting her latest documentary report, Our World: Welcome to Germany. In the report, Catrin followed a Syrian family settling into life in Germany.
The post-screening discussion will be led by Professor Dawn Chatty.
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In the midst of the refugee crisis Catrin Nye spends three months in Gera, East Germany, as new residents arrive from war-torn Syria. She follows two families in the small city, one German and one Syrian. She sees how they adapt to life alongside one another and how the Paris attacks affect the reception the Syrian arrivals receive.
ABOUT CATRIN NYE –
Catrin Nye is an investigative journalist, documentary maker and presenter for the BBC. She currently hosts the monthly national debate show The Hour on BBC One Wales as well as reporting for the BBC’s BAFTA award-winning Victoria Derbyshire programme, BBC Panorama, BBC World and Radio 4.
Catrin previously spent many years reporting for Newsnight and BBC Asian Network developing a specialism in Britain’s minority communities, an area she continues to work on today. She has also written and reported for the Guardian, Prospect, BBC Radio 1, BBC World Service, 1Xtra, 5Live, BBC Breakfast and local radio across the UK.
Catrin has won the Mind Journalist of the Year award, two Sandford Saint Martin awards for excellence in religious broadcasting and was one of the Radio Academy’s 30 Under 30. She has also been shortlisted for RTS Young Journalist of the Year and an Amnesty Award among others.
ABOUT PROF DAWN CHATTY –
Professor Dawn Chatty is a social anthropologist whose ethnographic interests lie in the Middle East, particularly with nomadic pastoral tribes and refugee young people. Her research interests include a number of forced migration and development issues such as conservation-induced displacement, tribal resettlement, modern technology and social change, gender and development and the impact of prolonged conflict on refugee young people.
ABOUT MIGRATE –
MIGRATE is an exhibition presenting brand new work on the theme of migration by eight international photographers. The exhibition, in collaboration with Unicef’s NEXTGen London, will be accompanied by a book featuring the photographs and their stories. For more information, visit www.nextgenlondon.com/migrate
ABOUT ART @ STX –
Art @ StX is a student-led arts programme at St Cross College. The goal is to take an interdisciplinary approach in revealing the links between art and other seemingly unrelated subjects. The programme will provide a platform for thought-provoking conversations to take place, consisting of a wide range of seminars, film screenings and panel discussions.