Category: History@SFB1604
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Announcement: Tiny Desk Colloquium on 29 January 2026: The Holocaust and its Consequences – Regional and International Perspectives
On January 29, 2026, the fifth edition of the NGHM Tiny Desk Colloquium will take place. Once again, young historians from the University of Osnabrück will have the opportunity to present outstanding thesis papers, and our guests will have the chance to present and discuss their research on the topic “The Holocaust and its Consequences…
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Inside.NGHM | Eduard Usov
With the series Inside.NGHM, we regularly provide insights into research and teaching at the Chair of Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research at the University of Osnabrück, but above all we introduce the scholars who work behind the scenes. In the second issue, Eduard Usov reports on his studies at UOS and his activities as…
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Research Revisited: NGHM Publications on the Production of Figures of Migration 2024/25
In the section Research Revisited, the NGHM team presents completed research projects and publications in an irregular series. This issue provides insights into four internationally published journal articles from the academic year 2024/25: Transatlantic conceptual history and the critical analysis of migration policy categories How are people transformed into specific “figures” through migration policy categories…
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Inside.NGHM | Annika Heyen
With the new series Inside.NGHM, we regularly provide insights into research and teaching at the Chair for Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research at the University of Osnabrück, but above all we introduce the scholars who work behind the scenes. In the third issue, Annika Heyen reports on her work as a historian. How did…
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History @ SFB 1604 | Interview with Gerhard Kromschröder for the “Production of Migration” podcast.
On 21 October 1985, “Ganz unten” by Günther Wallraff was published. Almost exactly three years earlier, on 14 October 1982, another undercover report in “Stern” had already drawn attention to the everyday racism experienced by migrants from Turkey in Germany. The following year, journalist Gerhard Kromschröder published his observations and experiences in the book “Als…
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International Workshop on Agency and Forced Migration at the University of Southern Denmark
On September 25 and 26, Prof. Dr. Christoph Rass, Dr. Sebastian Huhn, Annika Heyen, and Jessica Wehner participated in the international workshop on Forced Migration and Agency at Southern University in Denmark, which was organized by Morten Baarvig Thomsen and sponsored by the Carlsberg Foundation. Following a visit by Morten Baarvig Thomsen in April 2025…
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History@SFB: DOMiD Workshop with Students of History and IMIB
On 27 June, the first test workshop of the SFB 1604 transfer project “Reflexive Migration Research in the Museum” took place. For this purpose, the project staff members Aladin El-Mafaalani, Lale Yildirim, Annika Heyen, Johannes Pufahl and Tim Ott, together with students from the History department as well as the Master’s programme “International Migration and…
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History@SFB: Projects A3, A5 and T with the DH Team of the University Library as Guests at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
From July 10th to 11th, the team from the Chair of Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research and the Collaborative Research Centre 1604 “Production of Migration” were guests at the German National Library, together with colleagues from Osnabrück University Library. As part of a joint workshop of the research study programme “Hermes”, they discussed the…
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Announcement: Tiny Desk Colloquium: Digital History & Humanities – Research, Teaching and Infrastructures in Dialogue on 17 July 2025
On 17 July 2025, the fourth edition of the NGHM Tiny Desk Colloquium will take place. Once again, young historians from the University of Osnabrück will have the opportunity to present and discuss outstanding theses as well as their projects in the field of Digital Humanities. The programme will be expanded by contributions from VirtUOS…