Being Stateless: an Oral History Podcast
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Being Stateless is a podcast about people in Australia who have been stateless. About their memories, experiences, and histories.
Across a series of oral history interviews, Jordana Silverstein – a historian and descendant of stateless refugees – has brought together people living in Australia who share stories, insights, knowledge and experiences of statelessness.
Episodes
Listen to the stories from interviewees on their experiences of statelessness.
In this episode we hear from a diverse group of people who have had experiences of statelessness, whose voices have been brought together through their participation in this oral history project.
In this episode we hear from Guta Goldstein. A Jewish Holocaust survivor in her 90s who was born in Poland and now lives in Melbourne.
In this episode we hear from Mohin Shahin, a Palestinian man who was stateless when hew was born in Lebanon in 1956.
In this episode we hear from Kalyani Inpakumar a Tamil woman who came to Australia in 1990.
In this final episode, listen to a conversation between our host, Jordana and Niro Kandasamy and Hasib Hourani.
The team
Read more about the people at Melbourne Law School and beyond who were behind the making of the Being Stateless podcast.
Read the bios of the team: Jordana Silverstein, Michael Green and Greta Robenstone.