Annette Lützel explains the FRG's very different responses to the large numbers of refugees who came in the early 1990s and in 2015. Citing recent employment and job-training numbers, she sees an ongoing positive trend. From Hoyerswerda to Welcome Culture: Asylum and Integration Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany Nov 5, 2020 Annette Lützel
Presents the motivation for GHI's spring lecture series on climate mobilities with abstracts of the lectures. GHI Lecture Series—Moving Out of Harm’s Way: Historical Perspectives on Climate-related Mobilities Feb 24, 2023 Nino Vallen and Casey Sutcliffe
Elliot Young reminds us to consider migrants not only as victims, as the objects of others' actions, but also as subjects with their own agency. This shift in perspective has implications for how we understand migration facilitation, among other things. Beyond Chinese “Coolies” as Victims Jul 14, 2021 Elliot Young
"Migrant knowledge figures as a category of absence" in Europe. In Germany, one core issue is knowledge about recycling requirements and expectations. Efforts to teach it "betray an unreflective understanding of cultural identity." Refuge and Refuse: Migrant Knowledge and Environmental Education in Germany Sep 13, 2019 Joela Jacobs