Migration and mobility are themes that are central to society’s self-understanding. We examine these subjects from a historical perspective and ask how the mobility of people – be it labour migration, displacement or student mobility – has transformed societies in Germany and Europe since 1945. We focus on questions of belonging and unequal treatment, as well as the distinction between ‘desirable’ and ‘undesirable’ forms of mobility. At the same time, we examine the scope for agency among migrant and migrantised actors: what can be gained from researching their forms of social organisation, political strategies and mobility practices? And to what extent can we rethink the history of European societies since 1945 – as historically evolved and transnationally interconnected migration societies? We explore these questions using various methodological approaches, such as praxeological, social, conceptual, epistemological and infrastructural historical approaches.
Migration and Mobility
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Frankfurt Airport, Terminal 1, Transit B in the 1970s, author: Milan Skaryd, Photo credits: Fraport Archiv, Copyright: Fraport AG.