Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen

08:30 REGISTRATION

09:00 CONFERENCE OPENING & KEYNOTE

09:45 PANEL 1: MIGRATION AND GENERATION IN HISTORY AND THE PRESENT DAY

Identity and Belonging: An intergenerational comparison of Polish migrants in Washington State
Joanna Kulpinska, Jagiellonian University in Cracow/ Poland
Abstract & CV

(In)tolerable Hardships: The Swabian children, gendered potentiality, and child abuse in late imperial Austria
Andie Speed, Western Colorado University/ USA
Abstract & CV

Care Dynamics between Chinese transmigrants and their families: gendered, classed and intergenerational perspectives
Junyan Zhou, Heidelberg University/ Germany

The ambivalent protection of Ukrainian refugees in Europe: gender and generations in the case of the Netherlands
Jofelle Tesorio, Utrecht University/ Netherlands & Jeroen Doomernik, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract & CV

11:00 COFFEE BREAK 

11:30 PANEL2: EXPERIENCES, IMAGES AND PERCEPTIONS OF MIGRANT WOMEN IN THE 18TH-20TH CENTURY 

“Not one young woman in the steerage escaped attack”: Sexual harassment and assault in the steamship era, 1870-1914
Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson, Bremen/ Germany
Abstract & CV

Bad bridget and the role of women in the polices of developing the narrative at the Ulster American Folk Park
Liam Campbell, The Mellon Centre for Migration Studies, Omagh/ Northern Ireland
Abstract & CV

A trunk in the attic: Tracing the forgotten journeys of Swedish women in America
Alexandra Stiernspetz Nylén, Kulturparken Småland/ Sweden
Abstract & CV

Exploring issues of age and gender in the letters of Irish emigrants 1750-1950
Patrick Fitzgerald, The Mellon Centre for Migration Studies, Omagh/ Northern Ireland
Abstract & CV

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 PANEL 3: WORKSHOPS (PARALLEL SESSIONS) 

Workshop A – Venue: Halle 7

Towards participatory collection management in museums with migration heritage collections: Insights from the Red Star Line Museum”
Lisa Yolanda Lambrechts, Red Star Line Museum, Antwerp/ Belgium
Abstract & CV

Workshop B – Venue: Kokskohlenbunker

Giving space and value: Exploring female and generational migration through storytelling
Sara-Marie Demiriz, LVR-Industriemuseum, Oberhausen/ Germany; Anna-Elisabeth Hampel, Minor Projektkontor, Berlin/ Germany; Gabriela Nicolescu, National Library of Romania, Bucharest/ Romania
Abstract & CV

15:00 COFFEE BREAK

15:30 PANEL 4: EUROPEAN MIGRANT WOMEN IN THE USA IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY 

Polish American group in the Pacific north west: A gender perspective
Dorota Praszałowicz, Jagiellonian University, Krakow/ Poland
Abstract & CV

Maggie Walz: American Finnish suffragette, entrepreneur and utopist
Teuvo Peltoniemi, Lic. Soc.Sc, Helsinki, Finland
Abstract & CV

Biographical self-interpretations of female Austrian-Jewish emigrants after 1938
Teresa Marx, University of Potsdam/ Germany
Abstract & CV

16:30 PANEL 5: MIGRANT WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES IN TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXTS 

Under pressure: Filipino migrant women navigating life and work in Croatia
Goran Bandov; Ivan Balabanić; Iva Tadić; University of Zagreb; Zagreb/ Croatia
Abstract & CV

The South Asian migrant women’s access to mobility: A few case studies
Sanchali Sarkar, University of Passau/ Germany
Abstract & CV

Academic migration and opportunity: The case of Malawian students in Norway
Matias Pasulani, University of Oldenburg/ Germany
Abstract & CV

Gendered pathways of integration: The case of Romanian brides in Izmir, Turkey
Ana-Lavinia Popa İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, İzmir/ Turkey
Abstract & CV

18:30 END OF CONFERENCE DAY 

20:00  GALA DINNER - VENUE: ERICH-BROST-PAVILLON
(speaker & members only)

Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen

09:00 AEMI GENERAL ASSEMBLY - VENUE: KOKSKOHLENBUNKER 
(members only)

10:30 PANEL 6: THE MUSEALISATION OF MIGRANTS'S EXPERIENCES, REALITIES AND IDENTITIES

“MOSAIC” – Documenting narratives of home, identity and (multi) belonging among young descendants on immigrants in Denmark
Emma Barnhøj Jeppesen, Immigrantmuseet - Migration Museum of Denmark; Farum/ Denmark
Abstract & CV

Migrant knowledge and environmental migration – an exhibition project
Marie-Antoniette Grünter, German Emigration Center, Bremerhaven/ Germany
Abstract & CV

The musealisation of migration between clichés and stereotypes: the presence of women in the MEI museum settings
Giorgia Barzetti, MEI –Museo Nazionale dell‘Emigrazione Italiana, Genova/ Italy
Abstract & CV

11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:30 PANEL 7: VOICES OF MIGRATION: NARRATIVES IN MUSEUM'S PRACTISE IN GERMANY UND DENMARK

Visual and material displays of migration histor(ies) in Germany. Case study: Greek 'Gastarbeiter*Innen' in West Germany. Towards a bottom-up archive οf gendered and silenced migration experience(s)
Chris Zisis, University of Applied Sciences, Kiel/ Germany
Abstract & CV

Dialogue and cultural participation: Diversity at the Ruhr Museum
Meltem Küçükyılmaz, Ruhr Museum, Essen/ Germany
Abstract & CV

Reclaiming narratives - GENERATION II: Documenting second-generation voices in Denmark: A Focus on female migration and changing role models
Fadime Turan, Immigrantmuseet - Migration Museum of Denmark, Farum/ Denmark
Abstract & CV

12:30 LUNCH

13:30 PANEL 8: CURRENT YOUTH MIGRATION

An overlooked aspect of transnational young mobility: The case of Turkish young migrants in Germany
Buket Ökten Sipahioğlu, Ankara University, Ankara/ Turkey
Abstract & CV

Young Turkish diaspora members’ supportive narratives about the rise of the populist radical-right party in the Netherlands
M. Mustafa Iyi, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara/ Turkey
Abstract & CV

Migration culture in the making: Germany as a reference point in youth migration from Turkey to Europe
Helin Kardelen Kavuş, İzmir University of Economics, İzmir/Turkey
Abstract & CV

Intergenerational shifts and gendered labor: The invisible work of displaced Kurdish women in Europe
Esra Karadas Ekinci, Kassel/ Germany
Abstract & CV

14:45 COFFEE BREAK 

15:15 PANEL 9: PARALLEL SESSIONS: MIGRATION AND ITC

Session A - Venue: Kokskohlenbunker 

CultureCache: Documenting diasporic belonging and intergenerational memory through participatory digital heritage
Cláudia Melo Ribeiro & Penda Svane, Aarhus University; Aarhus/ Denmark
Abstract & CV

Session B – Venue: Halle 7

Revisiting “Guest Work” through audio letters: Intergenerational memory in family archives of migrants from Turkey in Austria
Faime Alpagu, Columbia University, Columbia/ USA
Abstract & CV

“Strategia Kanak“
Anna Burghartwieser, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum/ Germany
Abstract & CV

16:15 PANEL 10: ARTISTIC STORY TELLING ABOUT YOUTH, GENDER AND MIGRATION

Experiences and challenges of migrant children: An analysis of child migration in three theatre plays at the intersection of age and gender
Figen Uzar-Özdemir, Abdullah Özdemir, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak / Turkey
Abstract & CV

Bringing post-war history to life in graphic novels. The example of Maczków
Konstantin Rometsch, Porta Polonica, Bochum/ Germany
Abstract & CV

“Che bello andare“. The joyful diaspora of an Italian family, from 1975 to today.
Giovanna Rosso Del Brenna, Genova/ Italy
Abstract & CV

17:45 PANEL 11: SHARING STORIES OF MIGRATION 

Intergenerational culture of remembrance. Descendants of ‘guest workers’ research the history of previous generations.
Caner Osman Ekiz & Enes Yagiz, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen/ Germany
Abstract & CV

Migrants in turbulence times: Staying Awake - Journey to the of Paradise
Richard Osei Bonsu, Omaniae, Antwerp/ Belgium
Abstract & CV

18:30 CLOSING REMARKS

Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen

EXCURSIONS
(parallel tours by foot)

A: Nature, culture and history of the Ruhr Area: The permanent exhibition of the Ruhr Museum
Start 10h, Meeting point: Werner-Müller-Platz, escalator

B: Exploring the collection: The Schaudepot of the Ruhr Museum & visit to the Palace of Projects
Start 9:45h, Meeting point Werner-Müller-Platz/ KoKoBu

C: Encountering migration in the Zollverein neighbourhood. Guided tour & meeting with migrant families
Start 9:45h, Meeting point Werner-Müller-Platz/ KoKoBu

D: The path of coal. Guided tour through the originally preserved aboveground facilities of the Zollverein Coal Mine
Start 10h, Meeting point: Werner-Müller-Platz

E: Award winning contemporary product design. Guided tour through the Red Dot Design Museum
Start 10h, Meeting point: Red Dot Design Museum

13:00 END OF EXCURSIONS

Optional: Lunch at the Restaurant The Mine, Werner-Müller-Platz
(own costs)