Processes of migration for economic, social or political motives have a long tradition in Germany and the states of Central and Eastern Europe. After 1989 however, they have significantly intensified, both in numbers and in importance. This workshop reflects on two particular aspects of the general phenomenon: return and labor migration. Joyce Bromley focusses on German farm families who in 1945 fled to the West ahead of the Red Army, or who were evicted by the orders of the Soviet Military Administration. Some of them returned to their family holding. Robert Nadler presents the findings from an online survey conducted among 2,000 Central European migrants on their reasons to emigrate, stay abroad or return home. Alina Tofan examines the impact of labor migration on social changes in rural areas in the Republic of Moldova.
Programme
14.00 - 14.15
Welcome and Introduction
Dietmar Müller (GWZO, Leipzig)
14.15 - 15.15
Joyce E. Bromley (Madison WI, USA)
The Call of Heimat. Reunification and the Struggle for Ancestral Land
Comment: Axel Wolz (IAMO, Halle)
15.15 - 15.45 Coffee Break
15.45 - 18.00
Robert Nadler (ILS Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung, Dortmund)
Return Migration in Central Europe. Key Findings from the Comparative Research Project "Return"
Alina Tofan (University of Leipzig)
Labor migration and transformation of rural areas in the Republic of Moldova
Comment: Michael Esch (GWZO, Leipzig)
Information on participating / attending:
The workshop is held in English.
Date:
03/07/2018 14:00 - 03/07/2018 18:00
Event venue:
GWZO, Specks Hof (Entrance A), 4th floor, Reichsstraße 4
04109 Leipzig
Sachsen
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, Social studies
Types of events:
Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
03/02/2018
Sender/author:
Sina Lehmann
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event59919
You can combine search terms with and, or and/or not, e.g. Philo not logy.
You can use brackets to separate combinations from each other, e.g. (Philo not logy) or (Psycho and logy).
Coherent groups of words will be located as complete phrases if you put them into quotation marks, e.g. “Federal Republic of Germany”.
You can also use the advanced search without entering search terms. It will then follow the criteria you have selected (e.g. country or subject area).
If you have not selected any criteria in a given category, the entire category will be searched (e.g. all subject areas or all countries).