How to name people who move their lives across borders willingly or under duress? Eliyana Adler discusses the diverse terms contemporaries used to identify the various groups of Polish Jews who survived World War II as refugees in the Soviet Union. What’s in a Name? How Titles Construct and Convey Knowledge about Migrants Jun 18, 2020 Eliyana R. Adler
The author argues that history must be reconceptualized to include migrants not as extras in a society's history but as constitutive of that society. Her example comes from contemporary Swiss history. Telling History from a Migration Perspective is Not an Add-On Mar 15, 2019 Francesca Falk
Recounts the flooding of Vanport, Oregon, in 1948, the displacement of the city's residents, and the memory culture around this event. Migration, Displacement, and Memory in Vanport, Oregon (1942–2023) May 24, 2023 Uwe Lübken
Presents the image of America conveyed in literature available in the public libraries in southern Baden, esp. Lahr in late 19th c. Between Fiction and Non-Fiction: ‘America’-related Literature in the Public Libraries of Southern Baden Jan 9, 2023 Martin Bemmann