Lehrende: Dr. Elisa Satjukow
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Orga-Einheit: 03-Geschichte
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Offizielle Kursbeschreibung: In 2015, the notion of the Balkan route gained popularity as hundreds of thousands of people fled the conflicts in the Middle East and made their way from Greece towards Central Europe. The arrival of these refugees was and still is the subject of a controversial debate, however the term Balkan route itself was hardly the matter of criticism. Nevertheless, talking about the Balkan route not only means talking about infrastructures of human mobility, but carried some problematic assumptions about migration always pointing westwards as well as about the region itself as a non-European transit zone. There is in fact a long history of people and goods crossing the region, coming from or leaving in multiple directions. From a historical perspective, the seminar deals with different forms of mobility on and across the Balkans. On the one hand, we will ask about the various ways in which people and goods moved and were being moved along the Balkan route — from the Ottoman times to the guest worker programs to the long summer of migration in 2015. On the other hand, we critically inspect the very notion of the Balkan route and analyse it in terms of the ideas and concepts of mobility and (European) belonging it perpetuates.
Organisatorisches: Dozierende: Dr. Elisa Satjukow, Dr. des. Lea Horvat Blockseminar und Exkursion Preparatory Meeting: April 7, 9-13 E, GWZ H5 2.16 Excursion: April 17-23, 2022 Evaluation Meeting: May 5th, 9-13, GWZ H5 2.16 Please note: The excursion is held in cooperation with the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at the University of Osnabrück and the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Rijeka (Croatia) and is aimed at advanced students from History, European studies, Slavic Studies and other disciplines. It is a follow-up seminar which started in the winter term 2021/22 (as Module 03-HIS-0257), therefore priority will be given to those students who take the course over two semesters. We especially welcome students with a (basic) knowledge in Serbo-Croatian or the will to attend a language course parallel to the seminar at the Leipzig University Language Centre. We have submitted several applications for financial support and hope to keep the costs for the students as low as possible. No one should be deterred from participating in the seminar due to financial reasons - we will find individual solutions if needed. Please send an email to express your interest in participating to elisa.satjukow@uni-leipzig.de and lea.horvat@uni-leipzig.
