Asylum under dreaming spires: Refugees’ lives in Cambridge

A former Cambridge academic, Marella Hoffman is a Fellow of Britain's Royal Anthropological Society. She has lectured or held research awards at universities in France, Switzerland, Ireland and the US, and was for a decade chief editor of a public policy magazine for government in Cambridge. Hoffman's use of oral histories to circumvent conflict and uncover policy solutions has been taught as a positive practice model by government. Other books include 'Using oral history to improve public policies and programmes' (Routledge, 2017) and 'Savoir-faire of the Elders - Green knowledge in the French Mediterranean hills' (Cahiers de la Salce, 2016, in French only). Her work also appears in collaborative books like 'Location and Dislocation - Emigration and Irish Identities' (Cork University Press); 'Cross-Currents in European Literature' (Dublin University Press); and 'Human Rights and Good Governance - Building Bridges' (Danish Institute for Human Rights). A keen windsurfer, she divides her time between Cambridge and the south of France. For more information or to contact her, visit marellahoffman.com