Migration & Memory: Representations of Migration in Europe since 1960
Program
Place: Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM), Malmo University, Sweden
Date: 13th to 14th of November 2008
Thursday, 13th November 2008
12.00
Conference registration
12.15-13.15
Lunch
13.15-13.30
Opening of the conference and greetings from Ingrid Elam (Dean of the
Faculty of Culture and Society), Maja Povrzanovic Frykman (Research
Coordinator of Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare
(MIM)& Christiane Hintermann (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for European
History and Public Spheres, Vienna)
13.30-14.3
Opening speaker: Rainer Ohliger (Network Migration in Europe e.V):
Outside the Nation or Outside Reality? Immigration History, Textbooks and
History Museums
Session 1: Representing Migration – Museums, Exhibitions and the Heritage Sector
Chair: Lisa Rettl (freelance historian)
14.30-16.10
Contributors

Joachim Baur (University of Tübingen, Germany): The staging of the history of
migration in European museums

Mary Stevens (University College of London): The Representation of Migration
in the Heritage Sector: Comparing France and the UK
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Christiane Hintermann (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for European History and
Public Spheres, Vienna): “[…] that migration simply and really is the absolute
normality” – The establishment of counter narratives in Austrian migration
exhibitions
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Christina Johansson (Malmö University, Sweden): Portraying Post-War
migration at Swedish museums – Heroes, Victims, and Divided Loyalties
16.10-16.30
Coffee break
16.30-17.00
Discussants
17.00-17.30

Peter Aronsson (Linköping University, Sweden)

Udo Gößwald (Museum Neukölln/Berlin and ICOM Europe)
Open Discussion
19.00 Dinner
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Friday, 14th November 2008
Session 2: Representing Migration – Migration History and Migrants in School Textbooks
Chair: Per Eliasson (Malmö University)
9.00-11.00
Contributors:

Yasemin Soysal & Simona Szakacs: (Department of Sociology, University of
Essex): Teaching diversity in national and transnational contexts
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Benoit Falaize (Institut National de Recherche Pédagogique, France) : Migration
in French history teaching : prescription, textbooks, and classroom practises
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Frank-Olaf Radtke (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Department of
Educational Sciences, Frankfurt): The representation of ‘Others’: paradoxes and
their closure in text books
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Christiane Hintermann: (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for European History and
Public Spheres, Vienna): Beneficial', 'problematic’ and ‘different’:
Representations of Immigration and Immigrants in Austrian Textbooks

Vanja Lozic (Malmö University, Sweden): The story about them - Objectifying
discourses in the narratives about Swedish immigration
11.00-11.20
Coffee Break
11.20-11.50
Discussants

Halvdan Eikeland (Vestfold University College, Norway)

Anamaria Dutceac (Malmo University, Sweden)
11.50-12.20
Open Discussion
12.20-13.30
Lunch
Session 3. Representing Migration – Culture, National Politics and Local Remembrance
Chair: Mikael Spång (Malmö University, Sweden)
13.30-14.40
Contributors

Pauline Stoltz (Malmö University, Sweden): “We have all silent parents” Colonialism and Cosmopolitanism in 'My Father's War'.

Selma Muhic (Charles University, Prague): Memory and Migration in the Czech
Republic
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Inge Eriksson (Malmö University, Sweden): Migration as part of local
remembrance activities in a Swedish industrial municipality– the case of
Bromölla
14.40-15.00
Coffee Break
15.00-15.30
Discussants

Max Liljefors (University of Lund, Sweden)

Laure Teulières (Toulouse University, France)
15.30-16.00
Open Discussion
16.00-16.20
Reflection and summing up: Lars Hansson (Växjö University, Sweden)
16.20-16.30
Closing words by Christiane Hintermann
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Program for the Conference: Representing Migration
Opening speaker: Rainer Ohliger (Humboldt University – Berlin)
Session 1: Representing Migration - Museums, Exhibitions and the Heritage Sector
o Contributors:
 Christiane Hintermann (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for European History
and Public Spheres)
 Christina Johansson (Malmö University)
 Joachim Baur (University of Tübingen, Germany)
 Mary Stevens (University College of London)
o Chair: Georg Kreis
o Discussants:
 Peter Aronsson (Linköping University, Sweden)
 Udo Gößwald (Head of Museum Neukölln/Berlin and President of ICOM
(International Council of Museums) Europe)
Session 2: Representing Migration - Migration History and Migrants in School
Textbooks
 Contributors:
 Benoit Falaize (INRP (http://ecehg.inrp.fr) France)
 Christiane Hintermann (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for European History
and Public Spheres)
 Frank-Olaf Radtke (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Department of
Educational Sciences, Germany)
 Vanja Lozic (Malmö University)
 Yasemin Soysal (Malmö University)
o Chair: Per Eliasson (Malmö University)
o Discussants:
o Halvdan Eikeland (Vestfold University College, Norway)
o Susanne Schwalgin (Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook
Research, Germany)
Session 3: Representing Migration - Local Remembrance, National Politics and Culture
 Contributors:
 Inge Ericsson (Malmö University)
 Selma Muhic (Charles University, Prague)
 Pauline Stoltz (Malmö University)
 Chair:
 Mikael Spång (Malmö University)
 Discussants:
 Max Liljefors (University of Lund, Sweden)
 Laure Teulières (Laboratoire Diasporas CNRS, Université de Sciences Sociales,
France)
Final conclusions/summary of the conference ???????????????????
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