Germans translated Buddhist texts in Germany, and they migrated to British Ceylon in order to get closer to Buddhism. Their Buddhist practices ended up changing Buddhism's relationship to texts in their South Asian home. German Migrants and the Circulation of Buddhist Knowledge between Germany and British Ceylon Apr 18, 2020 Sebastian Musch
The latest issue of the Bulletin of the German Historical Institute includes an interview with Director Simone Lässig on the research focus "In Global Transit" Simone Lässig Interviewed on “In Global Transit” Research Focus Jul 1, 2022
Using oral history, the author explores how a Polish Jewish family "used knowledge as a strategy not merely to survive but to build a new life" in what turned out to be a highly contingent transit process. Knowledge as a Strategy on the Migratory Routes of Polish Jewish Survivors after World War II Mar 29, 2021 Anna Cichopek-Gajraj
West German experts emphasized cultural otherness as an impediment to the employment—and "emancipation"—of Turkish migrant women instead of attending to the women's testimony about the practical impediments they faced in a system built on the unpaid labor of housewives. Knowledge about the ‘Migrant Woman’ as an Alibi for State Inaction in the Federal Republic of Germany Mar 29, 2022 Lauren Stokes