This teaching unit will include a review of the contemporary challenges faced by the DACH countries. Among the topics to be discussed: the refugee crisis and contemporary political extremism.
Mandatory reading
Alba, R., Schmidt, P., & Wasmer, M. (Eds.). (2004). Germans or foreigners? Attitudes toward ethnic minorities in post-reunification Germany. Springer (Chapter 1). |
Vollmer, B., & Karakayali, S. (2017). The Volatility of the Discourse on Refugees in Germany. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 16(1-2), 118–139. |
Further Reading
Ehrkamp, P. (2005). Placing identities: Transnational practices and local attachments of Turkish immigrants in Germany. Journal of Ethnic and Migration studies, 31(2), 345-364. |
Wright, M. M. (2003). Others-from-within from without: Afro-German Subject Formation and the Challenge of a Counter-Discourse. Callaloo, 26(2), 296-305. |
Access to Zoom sessions in the course is possible with the following info:
Direct link: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/93176761525?pwd=QldPVkVIZUlYT25PSEdCM0Z6aDd2QT09
Meeting ID: 931 7676 1525
Passcode: ireb2014
Sessions will take place on Tuesdays, 10:00-11:40.