Migrant
Knowledge

Network and blog for scholarship at the intersection of migration and knowledge studies

Meet our Network

Nicholas B. Miller

Assistant Professor of History

USA

| experts

| transpacific

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Ulf Brunnbauer

Professor

Germany

| labor

| political culture

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Tim Epkenhans

Adjunct Professor

Germany

| (cross) borders

| religion

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Isabella Löhr

Head of Research Group

Germany

| (cross) borders

| experts

| political culture

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Kijan Espahangizi

Managing Director

Switzerland

| experts

| political culture

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Julia Roth

Junior Professor

Germany

| class/race/gender

| political culture

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Recent Articles

The author examines records from trade union seminars given by IG Metall to Yugoslav workers in West Germany. Initially, the classes reflected the union's needs, but xenophobia in the 1980s led immigrant workers to express their own concerns in these meetings.

Trade Union Knowledge and Educational Programs for Yugoslavian Workers in West Germany, 1970s–1980s

May 27, 2021

Matthias Thaden

In this two-part piece about Jewish refugee photographers, the authors "travel to another historical context to inquire about what migrants and refugees 'knew' and how they choose to communicate their knowledge in their photographic work."

Displacement in Stills: German-Jewish Photographers on the Move

May 14, 2021

Sheer Ganor
Rebekka Grossmann

Finding suitable teaching materials to prepare Jewish children and youth for their new lives in Palestine after having survived the Holocaust presented a unique set of challenges.

Some Challenges for Knowledge Transfer in Jewish Displaced Persons Camps after World War II

Apr 15, 2021

Matthias Springborn

Migrant Knowledge

Writing knowledge into the history of migration
and migration into the history of knowledge

Notices and Tips

Two calls and five reading tips related to this blog's central themes: migrants' knowledge, knowledge about migrants, and migrating knowledge.