The Refugee Abyss

Date & time
22 October 2025 | 16.00-17.30

A picture of a veiled woman surrounded by sillouhettes of chained and drowning people with a shadowy background.

Event format

Attend event in person

Event type

Talk / panel debate

Event topic

Equality, Migration, Politics & protest

Audience

Adults

Academic discipline

Sociology and social policy

Venue

Room 237A , Advanced research centre, 11 Chapel Ln, Glasgow ,G11 6EW.

What's on offer?

A 40-minute talk by Hyab Yohannes, reflecting on themes from his book The Refugee Abyss, followed by a 45- minute workshop session with the audience, reflecting on their thoughts and experinces.

What's it about?

This talk explores writing as both a journey and an act of resistance. Drawing on stories and voices in The Refugee Abyss, Hyab Yohannes shows how displaced people can reclaim their voices through poetry, theory and lived experience. The event invites us to think about what it means to survive and create in the face of silence, loss and erasure.

Who's leading the event?

Hyab Yohannes, author of The Refugee Abyss.

Open to

Everyone is welcome.

Anyone interested in the themes of writing, resilience and migration.

Of particular interest to

This event will be of particular interest to people who care about refugee experiences, social justice, creative writing, and the power of storytelling.