Jacqueline Bhabha
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Jacqueline Bhabha is an attorney and lecturer in law at the Harvard Law School
and a lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her research and legal practice has focused on citizenship and rights of aliens, refugee law, trafficking and smuggling.
in 1951, the daughter of Jewish refugee parents who had moved to India to flee Nazi Germany
. The family moved to Milan
, Italy
in 1961 when she was ten years old.
Bhabha matriculated at Bedales, a British boarding school. Bhabha received a first class honours degree in philosophy and psychology from Oxford University in 1973, and an M.Sc. in applied social studies in 1975 from Oxford. She received her law degree from the College of Law in London.
She is married to Homi K. Bhabha
, the critical theorist. They have three children; Ishan, Satya, and Leah.
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
and a lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her research and legal practice has focused on citizenship and rights of aliens, refugee law, trafficking and smuggling.
Childhood and education
Bhabha was born in Bombay, IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in 1951, the daughter of Jewish refugee parents who had moved to India to flee Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
. The family moved to Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
in 1961 when she was ten years old.
Bhabha matriculated at Bedales, a British boarding school. Bhabha received a first class honours degree in philosophy and psychology from Oxford University in 1973, and an M.Sc. in applied social studies in 1975 from Oxford. She received her law degree from the College of Law in London.
She is married to Homi K. Bhabha
Homi K. Bhabha
Homi K. Bhabha is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language, and the Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard University. He is one of the most important figures in contemporary post-colonial studies, and has coined a number of the field's neologisms and...
, the critical theorist. They have three children; Ishan, Satya, and Leah.
Professional appointments
- Jeremiah Smith, Jr. lecturer in law at Harvard Law SchoolHarvard Law SchoolHarvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
- Executive director of the Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies
- Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School
- Director of the Human Rights Program at the University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
(1997-2001) - Practicing human rights lawyer in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and at the European Court of Human RightsEuropean Court of Human RightsThe European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is a supra-national court established by the European Convention on Human Rights and hears complaints that a contracting state has violated the human rights enshrined in the Convention and its protocols. Complaints can be brought by individuals or...
in StrasbourgStrasbourgStrasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
Publications
- "Pertenecer a Europa: ciudadanía y derechos posnacionales"
- Co-author Women's Movement: Women Under Immigration, Nationality and Refugee Law (1994),
- Editor Asylum Law And Practice in Europe and North America (1992),
- Article Get Back to Where You Once Belonged: Identity, Citizenship and Exclusion in Europe Human Rights Quarterly (1998),
- Article Internationalist Gatekeepers? The tension between asylum advocacy and human rights(2002),
- Article The Citizenship Deficit: On Being a Citizen Child (2003).
- Article Reforming Immigration Policy Boston Review (2005)
- Article Moving Babies: Globalization, Markets, and Transnational Adoption Fletcher Forum (2004)