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
Using the example of Max Vasmer's biography, the authors argue that "Slavic Studies in general and in German-speaking countries in particular can and should be studied from the perspective of migrant knowledge." Slavic Studies as Migrant Knowledge: The Case of Max Vasmer Jul 22, 2021 Vladislava Maria Warditz and Wim Coudenys
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
The author interrogates a mid-nineteenth-century map for German emigrants, using it as a way to talk about the central concept behind this blog, "migrant knowledge". An 1853 Map for German-Speaking Emigrants Jan 30, 2022 Mark R. Stoneman