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Yousif M Qasmiyeh is a Researcher at the University of Oxford's Faculty of English Language and Literature and Post-Award Member at St Anne's College. He serves as Writer-in-Residence for the AHRC-ESRC funded Refugee Hosts project, Joint Lead of the Imagining Futures Baddawi Camp Lab, and 'Creative Encounters' editor for Migration and Society journal.
His research centers on Refugee Literature with focus on Arabic-English translation, temporal conceptualizations, and camp studies. Key interests include:
- Prismatic translation methodologies
- Refugee camp as archival space
- Time and containment in displacement narratives
- Arabic poetic traditions in exile
- Visual documentation of refugee experiences
His recent publications show strong thematic convergence around photographic documentation of refugee camps, temporal fragmentation in displacement, and multilingual approaches to camp narratives. The 2021-2024 works demonstrate increasing interdisciplinary integration of poetry, photography, and academic analysis.
Major recognitions include:
- Highly Commended by the 2021 Forward Prizes
- Poetry Book Society's Spring 2021 Recommendation
- Daily Telegraph's 'Best Poetry Books of 2021' selection
As Writer-in-Residence for the Refugee Hosts project (AHRC-ESRC funded), he leads creative writing workshops with refugee communities. His Imagining Futures Baddawi Camp Lab (AHRC-GCRF funded) develops collaborative refugee-centered research methodologies. Current grants include the OWRI-funded Creative Multilingualism project where he serves as Arabic language researcher.
He co-leads the Imagining Futures Baddawi Camp Lab in Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camp, developing photo-poetic methodologies with camp residents. His work with Refugee Hosts creates platforms for refugee storytelling through 'Creative Encounters' in Migration and Society journal.
