Spring 2026 Urban Research Hub Speaker Series

Dr. Sophia Balakian

Monday, April 6, 2026 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Horizon Hall, #1007

Dr. Sophia Balakian (Mason, School of Integrative Studies) author of Unsettled Families: Refugees, Humanitarianism, and the Politics of Kinship, discusses her new project on how U.S. refugee programs and ideas of “refuge" are being imagined by politicians and civil servants currently in the DC metro area.