“More than 65 million people are displaced from their homes as a result of wars, persecution or severe economic difficulties,” according to the University Museums event page.

On Friday, Sept. 28, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Christian Petersen Art Museum, Nell Gabiam will be discussing the global response to the crisis.

Gabiam, a West African native and associate professor in world languages and cultures and political science, has been working with refugee issues for the last 15 years. Most of her work is about refugees in Syria and Palestinians displaced by the ongoing war.

“Despite what they’ve been through, they’re people we can learn from, and who can contribute to our society,” Gabiam said.

Titled, “War, the Refugee Crisis and the Global Response,” this discussion is to focus on assistance and support for refugees, and what more we can be doing as fellow humans, Gabiam said. 

“It’s something that really concerns all of us, either as refugees, either as host countries, either as citizens of countries that are enacting policies towards refugees, and also just as fellow human beings,” Gabiam said.