Spaces and Permeable Borders: East European Migrations in (Near) Global Perspectives

Dirk Hoerder (Salzburg, Austria & Arizona State U)

Abstract

Firstly, Dirk Hoerder will discuss the overlapping spaces and living cultures in the vast Eastern European migration region. He will connect the region of departure with destinations Far East, Far West, and far elsewhere. Finally, his talk will focus on the micro-spaces that migrants leave, change, develop, or create.

Biographical Note

Prof. Dirk Hoerder (Salzburg, Austria & Arizona State University, USA)
Dirk Hoerder taught migration history in global context at the University of Bremen and the Arizona State University. His publications include: Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium (2002) and Creating Societies: Immigrant Lives in Canada (1999).