Migrant
Knowledge

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

Meet our Network

Kevin Ostoyich

Associate Professor

USA

| identity and belonging

| transpacific

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Marcia C. Schenck

Professor

Germany

| labor

| political culture

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Paul Lerner

Professor

USA

| experts

| labor

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Nicholas De Genova

Professor

USA

| (cross) borders

| class/race/gender

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Ulf Brunnbauer

Professor

Germany

| labor

| political culture

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Benjamin Hein

Assistant Professor

USA

| labor

| political culture

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Recent Articles

Victoria Harms talks with the Turkish-German activist and author Ali Can about race, diversity, and identity in contemporary Germany.

‘I am German plus something else’ — An Interview with Ali Can

Feb 18, 2021

Emil Trinkler didn't migrate as such, but Marjan Wardak's article speaks to central themes on this blog. People and knowledge itself is on the move, interacting with go-betweens and yielding something new.

The Scientist Emil Trinkler’s Exploration across South Asia, 1915–1933

Jan 29, 2021

Marjan Wardaki

The author looks at the relationship between two famous early sociological community studies, "Middletown" and "Marienthal." The latter became Paul Lazarsfeld's "ticket out of Europe just as the continent was descending into fascism."

Drifting Along: Unemployment and Interwar Social Research, from Marienthal to Muncie

Dec 28, 2020

Joseph Malherek

Migrant Knowledge

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