Dr Rachel Gregory Fox
@rgf26.bsky.social
Leverhulme ECF at Uni of Kent researching the Hostile Environment and Migration | Author: ‘(Re)framing Women’ | Views my own | She/Her 🩷💜💙
Vote for/support us and our policies because we are the lesser of two evils is a terrible basis for any party, and is a sign of the absence of any moral centre or political conviction.
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Vote for/support us and our policies because we are the lesser of two evils is a terrible basis for any party, and is a sign of the absence of any moral centre or political conviction.
1,600 words written today 💪🏼
October 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
1,600 words written today 💪🏼
It is likely that I will have to leave academia soon. It makes me mad/sad, because in what other job could I read the inspiring work of a student, collect autumn leaves for a research/outreach project, and write words for a book on migration communities and care, all in the space of one day?
October 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
It is likely that I will have to leave academia soon. It makes me mad/sad, because in what other job could I read the inspiring work of a student, collect autumn leaves for a research/outreach project, and write words for a book on migration communities and care, all in the space of one day?
Reading this excellent and thought-provoking conversation between Judith Butler and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak on the politics of the nation-state, statelessness, and borders.
July 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Reading this excellent and thought-provoking conversation between Judith Butler and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak on the politics of the nation-state, statelessness, and borders.
Last week I hosted the conference ‘Hostile Environments and Hospitable Praxes: Literary and Cultural Responses to Racial and Migratory Politics’ at the University of Kent. The organisation of this conference was part of my research project on migration and storytelling with @leverhulme.ac.uk.
June 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Last week I hosted the conference ‘Hostile Environments and Hospitable Praxes: Literary and Cultural Responses to Racial and Migratory Politics’ at the University of Kent. The organisation of this conference was part of my research project on migration and storytelling with @leverhulme.ac.uk.
Feeling a bit overwhelmed at the end of ‘Hostile Environments and Hospitable Praxes’. After months of organising it’s been such a reward to hear so many amazing papers and conversations amongst academics and practitioners. There is a route to hospitality, and the start of that journey is to listen.
June 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Feeling a bit overwhelmed at the end of ‘Hostile Environments and Hospitable Praxes’. After months of organising it’s been such a reward to hear so many amazing papers and conversations amongst academics and practitioners. There is a route to hospitality, and the start of that journey is to listen.
We ended the day with a podcast recording! Zalfa Feghali and Gillian Roberts recorded an episode for their podcast ‘Borders Talk: Dots, Dashes, and the Stories They Tell’, with critical reflections on practice and hospitality, before audience members shared their border stories.
June 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We ended the day with a podcast recording! Zalfa Feghali and Gillian Roberts recorded an episode for their podcast ‘Borders Talk: Dots, Dashes, and the Stories They Tell’, with critical reflections on practice and hospitality, before audience members shared their border stories.
This afternoon, Gaura Narayan and Ambreen Hai discussed the work of Kamila Shamsie and Leila Aboulela, respectively. A thought-provoking discussion on the politics of belonging and interpretative narrative gaps in the representation of diasporic characters.
June 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This afternoon, Gaura Narayan and Ambreen Hai discussed the work of Kamila Shamsie and Leila Aboulela, respectively. A thought-provoking discussion on the politics of belonging and interpretative narrative gaps in the representation of diasporic characters.
Next, Matthew Whittle and Ines Mzali presented on eco-dystopias and border politics in light of projected climate migration, green militarism, and racial capitalism/colonial extraction.
June 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Next, Matthew Whittle and Ines Mzali presented on eco-dystopias and border politics in light of projected climate migration, green militarism, and racial capitalism/colonial extraction.
Today’s morning panel focused on the impact of the Hostile Environment on/in community spaces. With stunning papers by Sophie Fennelly, Peach Hoyle, and Subhadip Mukherjee.
June 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today’s morning panel focused on the impact of the Hostile Environment on/in community spaces. With stunning papers by Sophie Fennelly, Peach Hoyle, and Subhadip Mukherjee.
Starting Day Two of ‘Hostile Environments and Hospitable Praxes’ with our second keynote, Leah Cowan, presenting on ‘Death and resistance within the border regime’.
June 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Starting Day Two of ‘Hostile Environments and Hospitable Praxes’ with our second keynote, Leah Cowan, presenting on ‘Death and resistance within the border regime’.
Finishing Day One with a screening of Encounter by Kent’s School of Arts, a film documenting a programme of workshops for asylum seekers, refugees, and first-generation migrants.
Q&A led by Bahriye Kemal with Kaveh Abbasian, Angie Varakis-Martin, Margherita Laera, and Ismael Nchoutnsu Nsangou.
Q&A led by Bahriye Kemal with Kaveh Abbasian, Angie Varakis-Martin, Margherita Laera, and Ismael Nchoutnsu Nsangou.
June 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Finishing Day One with a screening of Encounter by Kent’s School of Arts, a film documenting a programme of workshops for asylum seekers, refugees, and first-generation migrants.
Q&A led by Bahriye Kemal with Kaveh Abbasian, Angie Varakis-Martin, Margherita Laera, and Ismael Nchoutnsu Nsangou.
Q&A led by Bahriye Kemal with Kaveh Abbasian, Angie Varakis-Martin, Margherita Laera, and Ismael Nchoutnsu Nsangou.
This afternoon, discussion has moved through the subject of the language used around migration, asylum, and refugee identities, across policy documents, novels, and poetry. Papers by Rachael Gilmour, Ragesree Roy, Evie Lewis, and Apala Barat.
June 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This afternoon, discussion has moved through the subject of the language used around migration, asylum, and refugee identities, across policy documents, novels, and poetry. Papers by Rachael Gilmour, Ragesree Roy, Evie Lewis, and Apala Barat.
This morning, the first panel focused on migration narratives in/to Europe. Nadia Kiwan, Eri Kobayashi, and Maria Ridda presented on the potential routes to hospitality, land and sea migration routes, and the unique border spaces of island and coastal edges.
June 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This morning, the first panel focused on migration narratives in/to Europe. Nadia Kiwan, Eri Kobayashi, and Maria Ridda presented on the potential routes to hospitality, land and sea migration routes, and the unique border spaces of island and coastal edges.
Next, Dr Agnes Woolley delivers her wonderfully informative and engaging keynote on ‘Documenting the Hostile Environment in Recent British Film’.
June 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Next, Dr Agnes Woolley delivers her wonderfully informative and engaging keynote on ‘Documenting the Hostile Environment in Recent British Film’.
Started the day with an evocative and moving poetry reading by Loraine Masiya Mponela.
June 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Started the day with an evocative and moving poetry reading by Loraine Masiya Mponela.
Paper cuts galore while putting the conference programmes together for next week.
June 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Paper cuts galore while putting the conference programmes together for next week.
In the midst of one of busiest few weeks of the year so far, both personally and professionally, taking an hour this morning to drink tea and read.
June 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In the midst of one of busiest few weeks of the year so far, both personally and professionally, taking an hour this morning to drink tea and read.
Proud to share the programme for the Hostile Environments and Hospitable Praxes conference running at the University of Kent, 23-24 June. Organised with support from @leverhulme.ac.uk.
If you’re interested in attending, register by 2 June.
Find full details at: blogs.kent.ac.uk/hostileenvir...
If you’re interested in attending, register by 2 June.
Find full details at: blogs.kent.ac.uk/hostileenvir...
April 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Proud to share the programme for the Hostile Environments and Hospitable Praxes conference running at the University of Kent, 23-24 June. Organised with support from @leverhulme.ac.uk.
If you’re interested in attending, register by 2 June.
Find full details at: blogs.kent.ac.uk/hostileenvir...
If you’re interested in attending, register by 2 June.
Find full details at: blogs.kent.ac.uk/hostileenvir...
In lighter news, this blue sky spring day brings me some small joy 🌸
April 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In lighter news, this blue sky spring day brings me some small joy 🌸
Spent some time reading ANYWHERE BUT HERE by @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social today.
Wonderfully informed and informative, placing the experiences of the people on the frontlines of the conversation about immigration at its centre.
Wonderfully informed and informative, placing the experiences of the people on the frontlines of the conversation about immigration at its centre.
April 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Spent some time reading ANYWHERE BUT HERE by @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social today.
Wonderfully informed and informative, placing the experiences of the people on the frontlines of the conversation about immigration at its centre.
Wonderfully informed and informative, placing the experiences of the people on the frontlines of the conversation about immigration at its centre.
This morning, I am reading Conversations from Calais. Followed by book writing this afternoon.
March 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This morning, I am reading Conversations from Calais. Followed by book writing this afternoon.
There’s just over a week left to get your abstracts in for ‘Hostile Environments and Hospitable Praxes: Literary and Cultural Responses to Racial and Migratory Politics’.
If you’re working on #hostileenvironments, #borders, #migration communities, and/or #humanrights please consider submitting.
If you’re working on #hostileenvironments, #borders, #migration communities, and/or #humanrights please consider submitting.
February 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
There’s just over a week left to get your abstracts in for ‘Hostile Environments and Hospitable Praxes: Literary and Cultural Responses to Racial and Migratory Politics’.
If you’re working on #hostileenvironments, #borders, #migration communities, and/or #humanrights please consider submitting.
If you’re working on #hostileenvironments, #borders, #migration communities, and/or #humanrights please consider submitting.
Some books translate really well to audio. Orbital is one of them 🌎🌕
February 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Some books translate really well to audio. Orbital is one of them 🌎🌕