Date: October 26 - 28, 2000
Location: Humboldt University Berlin (Germany)

List of Participants

Migration has become one of the key social phenomena reshaping Europe since 1945. The 'relocation' of populations as a consequence of World War II was followed by political East-West migration, refugee movements, ethnic migration, migration as a consequence of decolonization and not least labor migration. These different streams of migration have contributed considerably to changing national populations as well as national and European discourses and perceptions about immigration, citizenship, and minority existence.

The workshop Assimilation - Diasporization - Representation: Historical Perspectives on Immigrants and Host Societies in Postwar Europe addressed questions of immigration in and to Europe in an historical and comparative perspective (1945 to the present) with an emphasis on MIGRATION HISTORY. The main focus was put on immigrant incorporation and immigrant representation in receiving countries with particular focus on:

• historical migration patterns and migration systems
• inclusion and exclusion of immigrants
• interethnic relations in the context of immigration societies
• ethnic politics and ethno-nationalism
• "homeland" politics
• (changes and continuities of) minority rights and minority representation over time

A selected number of papers was published by Rainer Ohliger, Karen Schönwälder and Phil Triadafilopoulos (eds): European Encounters: Migrants, Migrations and European Societies since 1945 (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003)

For further information contact Rainer Ohliger.