Laura Madokoro

Laura Madokoro is a professor in the Department of History at Carleton University. Her research focuses on the history of migrants, refugees, humanitarianism and the state, and how they shape the experience of refuge and its possibilities. She is the author of Sanctuary in Pieces: Two Centuries of Flight, Fugitivity and Resistance in a North American City (McGill – Queen’s University Press, 2024) and Elusive Refuge: Chinese Migrants in the Cold War (Harvard University Press, 2016), as well as co-editor of Dominion of Race: Rethinking Canada’s International History (UBC, 2017). Her work has appeared in several journals, including the Journal of Refugee Studies, Refuge and Canadian Historical Review. She is also a regular contributor to popular journals and visual and social media, including www.activehistory.ca.