Freitag, 05. Juli 2019, 13:00 - 18:30 iCal

Displacement and Resettlement

During and After the Second World War in a Global Perspective – a Digital Humanities/Social GIS Approach

Seminarraum 4, Universität Wien
Universitätsring 1 1010 Wien , 1010 Wien

Konferenz


Weitere Termine

Samstag, 06. Juli 2019, 09:00 - 16:30

The 20th century has seen unprecedented violence, not only on the battlefields in Europe and Asia, but also against civilians who suffered large-scale deportation and forced migration in both the European and Asian theatres of war. Research combining institutional records with biographical data and sources, especially the existing collections pertaining to the field of Holocaust research, will enhance our understanding of forced migration and displacement and its impact on groups, institutions, and individuals. We can thereby better historicise geographies of movement and resettlement, track mobility hotspots and study patterns of agency and decision-making. We will also be better able to study the wider impact of this refugee crisis on societies in Europe and Asia in a global perspective. In addition, the global perspective on the problem of forced migration, displacement and resettlement after 1945 will advance our understanding of the different institutions and actors who were charged with managing the situation (UNRRA, IRO).

 

Please register for the conference till 2 July by sending an e-mail to Sara Vorwalder (sara.vorwalder@univie.ac.at).

 

An event by the Department of Contemporary History, supported by the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna and the Austrian Future Fund.

 

Foto: © Arolsen Archives

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Veranstalter

Kerstin von Lingen, Institut für Zeitgeschichte


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Kontakt

Sara Vorwalder
Institut für Zeitgeschichte
+43-1-4277-41223
sara.vorwalder@univie.ac.at