IMIS/SFB Lecture with Dr Luna Vives

[26.4.2024] The first IMIS/SFB Lecture will take place on Tuesday 14 May, 16:00-18:00h (Osnabrück University, Neuer Graben 19 / Schloss, room 11 / 212). Dr Luna Vives (Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the Université de Montréal, Canada) will give talk on: »Evolving Maritime Search and Rescue along the Border of the EU: Death, Resistance, Hope«.
EU policymakers continue to develop new tactics to seal the border against sea migration, leading to a massive loss of human life. The militarization of SAR systems and the externalization of rescue responsibilities are deadly weapons in the EU's arsenal. Yet, throughout the region activist groups are resisting this trend, offering reason for hope.
The lecture is organized by the IMIS research group »The Production of Knowledge on Migration«. It will be a hybrid event. To follow the lecture online, please follow this link.

International conference "Migration and Urban Activism in 20th Century Europe"

[9.4.2024] From 17 to 19 April 2024, the international conference "Migration and Urban Activism in 20th Century Europe" will take place in Rome, organized by the German Historical Institute in Rome, the University of Vienna (Department of Education), Osnabrück University (Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies), Sapienza Università di Roma and Utrecht University.
Cities are made by people who inhabit them. European cities over the 20th century have been strongly shaped by domestic and international migration as well as urban social movements, civil society action, and political protest of various forms. This conference at the German Historical Institute in Rome is designed to illuminate the historical relations between these two factors in urban history: migration and urban activism. It brings together scholars discussing the history of urban developments subject to activism by migrants, against migrants, and for migrants. These three perspectives shall contribute to a more systematic understanding of important processes in our cities to which European historiography hitherto has paid relatively little attention. Program

Major success for migration research in Osnabrück: DFG approves a new Collaborative Research Center at the University

[24.11.2023] It is an outstanding recognition of the achievements of migration research in Osnabrück: the German Research Foundation (DFG) has selected the proposal to establish the Collaborative Research Center "Production of Migration" at the University of Osnabrück for funding. The research strength of the location and the innovative concept of the network of 17 sub-project leaders from Osnabrück, Berlin/Potsdam, Flensburg, Frankfurt am Main and Münster were convincing. Osnabrück University will receive around 8.3 million euros to implement the project for the first funding phase until the end of 2027. Press release / more information on the CRC

IMIS/SFB Lectures in the Summer semester 2024

[28.3.2024] Three IMIS/SFB Lectures will take place in the summer semester 2024: On 14 May,
 Assoc. Prof. Luna Vives González, Montréal University/Canada will talk about "Evolving Maritime Search and Rescue along the Border of the EU: Death, Resistance, Hope", followed on 28 May by Prof. Dr. Steven Vertovec, Director of the Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen: "Superdiversity and the Production of Social Complexity", and on 25 June by Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan, Director of the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM), Berlin: "Postmigrant Knowledge Production", with a commentary by Prof. Dr. Janine Dahinden, Transnational Studies, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland & SFB Mercator Fellow

The lectures take place in room 11/212, Neuer Graben 19/Schloss, 49069 Osnabrück. Program

More than a million? How many Ukrainian refugees are currently really living in Germany?

[19.02.2024] How many Ukrainian refugees are really living in Germany at the moment? How many Ukrainian refugees are living in Germany at the start of 2024? The Central Register of Foreigners estimates that there are more than one million war refugees. This figure is clearly too high, analyses IMIS member Dr Franck Düvell. He has been researching migration from Ukraine for years - including in the FFVT project - and has looked at the available figures on war refugees from Ukraine and triangulated them. According to this, a maximum of 900,000 refugees from Ukraine are living in Germany. The analysis (in German) is available here.

IMIS Workshop on Camp Studies: Redefining Borders and Exploring Solidarity and Resistance

[29.12.2023]: The IMIS cordially invites you to its workshop "Camp Studies: Redefining Borders and Exploring Solidarity and Resistance" which will take place on December 6th, 2023 (4-6 pm CET) and December 7th, 2023 (9 am-12 noon CET) at Osnabrück University, IMIS, Seminarstr. 19, 49074 Osnabrück and online. The workshop is organized and hosted by IMIS member Dr. Nese Özgen and promises insightful discussions and collaborative exploration into refugee camps. Bringing scholars and activists with diverse interdisciplinary backgrounds and experiences together, the workshop focuses on refugee camps as multifaceted spaces, encompassing forms of segregation and control, yet also serving as microcosms where social and solidarity networks and forms of resistance emerge. See further details and workshop agenda