Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen

08:30 REGISTRATION

09:00 CONFERENCE OPENING & KEYNOTE

Welcome addresses  
Muchtar Al Ghusain, Deputy Mayor for Youth, Education and Culture, City of Essen  
Cathrine Kyø Hermansen, Chair of AEMI  
Dietmar Osses, Deputy Director, Ruhr Museum  

Key note: Between the lines – Migration as an act of hope 
Megha Kono-Patel, Head of Interkultur Ruhr, Ruhr Regional Association (RVR)

09:45 PANEL 1: MIGRATION AND GENERATION IN HISTORY AND THE PRESENT DAY

Venue: Hall 7 
Chair: Liam Campbell, The Mellon Centre for Migration Studies, Omagh/ Northern Ireland

Identity and Belonging: An intergenerational comparison of Polish migrants in Washington State
Joanna Kulpinska, Jagiellonian University in Cracow/ Poland
Abstract & CV

(In)tolerable Hardships: The Swabian children, gendered potentiality, and child abuse in late imperial Austria
Andie Speed, Western Colorado University/ USA
Abstract & CV

Care Dynamics between Chinese transmigrants and their families: gendered, classed and intergenerational perspectives
Junyan Zhou, Heidelberg University/ Germany

The ambivalent protection of Ukrainian refugees in Europe: gender and generations in the case of the Netherlands
Jofelle Tesorio, Utrecht University/ Netherlands & Jeroen Doomernik, University of Amsterdam/ Netherlands
Abstract & CV

11:00 COFFEE BREAK 

11:30 PANEL 2: EXPERIENCES, IMAGES AND PERCEPTIONS OF MIGRANT WOMEN IN THE 18TH-20TH CENTURY 

Venue: Hall 7 
Chair: Emma Barnhøj Jeppesen, Immigrantmuseet - Migration Museum of Denmark, Farum/ Denmark 

“Not one young woman in the steerage escaped attack”: Sexual harassment and assault in the steamship era, 1870-1914
Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson, Bremen/ Germany
Abstract & CV

Bad bridget and the role of women in the polices of developing the narrative at the Ulster American Folk Park
Liam Campbell, The Mellon Centre for Migration Studies, Omagh/ Northern Ireland
Abstract & CV

A trunk in the attic: Tracing the forgotten journeys of Swedish women in America
Judith Söderblom, Kulturparken Småland/ Sweden
Abstract & CV

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 PANEL 3: WORKSHOPS (PARALLEL SESSIONS) 

Workshop A – Venue: Hall 7

Towards participatory collection management in museums with migration heritage collections: Insights from the Red Star Line Museum”
Lisa Yolanda Lambrechts, Red Star Line Museum, Antwerp/ Belgium
Abstract & CV

Workshop B – Venue: Kokskohlenbunker

Giving space and value: Exploring female and generational migration through storytelling
Sara-Marie Demiriz, LVR-Industriemuseum, Oberhausen/ Germany; Anna-Elisabeth Hampel, Minor Projektkontor, Berlin/ Germany; Gabriela Nicolescu, National Library of Romania, Bucharest/ Romania
Abstract & CV

15:00 COFFEE BREAK

15:30 PANEL 4: EUROPEAN MIGRANT WOMEN IN THE USA IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY 

Venue: Halle 7 
Chair: Giorgia Barzetti, MEI – Museo Nazionale dell‘Emigrazione Italiana, Genova/ Italy

Polish American group in the Pacific north west: A gender perspective
Dorota Praszałowicz, Jagiellonian University, Krakow/ Poland
Abstract & CV

Maggie Walz: American Finnish suffragette, entrepreneur and utopist
Teuvo Peltoniemi, Lic. Soc.Sc, Helsinki/ Finland
Abstract & CV

Biographical self-interpretations of female Austrian-Jewish emigrants after 1938
Teresa Marx, University of Potsdam/ Germany
Abstract & CV

16:30 PANEL 5: MIGRANT WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES IN TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXTS 

Venue: Halle 7 
Chair: Ziortza Olano, Office for the Basque Community Abroad – Basque Government, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country/ Spain 

Under pressure: Filipino migrant women navigating life and work in Croatia
Goran Bandov; Ivan Balabanić; Iva Tadić, University of Zagreb/ Croatia
Abstract & CV

Gendered pathways of integration: The case of Romanian brides in Izmir, Turkey
Ana-Lavinia Popa, İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University/ Turkey
Abstract & CV

The South Asian migrant women’s access to mobility: A few case studies
Sanchali Sarkar, University of Passau/ Germany
Abstract & CV

18:00 END OF CONFERENCE DAY 

20:00  GALA DINNER - VENUE: ERICH BROST-PAVILLON
(speaker & members only)

Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen

09:00 AEMI GENERAL ASSEMBLY - VENUE: KOKSKOHLENBUNKER 
(members only)

10:30 PANEL 6: THE MUSEALISATION OF MIGRANTS'S EXPERIENCES, REALITIES AND IDENTITIES

Venue: Halle 7 
Chair: Dietmar Osses, Ruhr Museum, Essen/ Germany 

“MOSAIC” – Documenting narratives of home, identity and (multi) belonging among young descendants on immigrants in Denmark
Emma Barnhøj Jeppesen, Immigrantmuseet - Migration Museum of Denmark; Farum/ Denmark
Abstract & CV

Migrant knowledge and environmental migration – an exhibition project
Marie-Antoniette Grünter, German Emigration Center, Bremerhaven/ Germany
Abstract & CV

The musealisation of migration between clichés and stereotypes: the presence of women in the MEI museum settings
Giorgia Barzetti, MEI –Museo Nazionale dell‘Emigrazione Italiana, Genova/ Italy
Abstract & CV

11:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:50 PANEL 7: VOICES OF MIGRATION: NARRATIVES IN MUSEUM'S PRACTISE IN GERMANY UND DENMARK

Venue: Halle 7 
Chair: Judith Söderblom, Swedish Emigrant Institute, Småland/ Sweden

Visual and material displays of migration histor(ies) in Germany. Case study: Greek 'Gastarbeiter*Innen' in West Germany. Towards a bottom-up archive οf gendered and silenced migration experience(s)
Chris Zisis, University of Applied Sciences, Kiel/ Germany
Abstract & CV

Dialogue and cultural participation: Diversity at the Ruhr Museum
Meltem Küçükyılmaz, Ruhr Museum, Essen/ Germany
Abstract & CV

Reclaiming narratives - GENERATION II: Documenting second-generation voices in Denmark: A Focus on female migration and changing role models
Fadime Turan, Immigrantmuseet - Migration Museum of Denmark, Farum/ Denmark
Abstract & CV

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 PANEL 8: CURRENT YOUTH MIGRATION

Venue: Halle 7 
Chair: Christina Ziegler-McPherson, Bremen/ Germany 

An overlooked aspect of transnational young mobility: The case of Turkish young migrants in Germany
Buket Ökten Sipahioğlu, Ankara University, Ankara/ Turkey
Abstract & CV

Young Turkish diaspora members’ supportive narratives about the rise of the populist radical-right party in the Netherlands
M. Mustafa Iyi, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara/ Turkey
Abstract & CV

Migration culture in the making: Germany as a reference point in youth migration from Turkey to Europe
Helin Kardelen Kavuş, İzmir University of Economics, İzmir/Turkey
Abstract & CV

Academic migration and opportunity: The case of Malawian students in Norway
Matias Pasulani, University of Oldenburg/ Germany
Abstract & CV

15:20 COFFEE BREAK 

15:50 PANEL 9: MIGRATION AND ITC

Venue: Halle 7
Chair: Dietmar Osses, Ruhr Museum, Essen/ Germany

CultureCache: Documenting diasporic belonging and intergenerational memory through participatory digital heritage
Cláudia Melo Ribeiro & Penda Svane, Aarhus University; Aarhus/ Denmark
Abstract & CV

16:40 PANEL 10: ARTISTIC STORY TELLING ABOUT YOUTH, GENDER AND MIGRATION

Venue: Halle 7 
Chair: Emilia García López, Consello da Cultura Gaelga, Santiago de Compostela/ Spain 

Experiences and challenges of migrant children: An analysis of child migration in three theatre plays at the intersection of age and gender
Figen Uzar-Özdemir, Abdullah Özdemir, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak / Turkey
Abstract & CV

Bringing post-war history to life in graphic novels. The example of Maczków
Konstantin Rometsch, Porta Polonica, Bochum/ Germany
Abstract & CV

“Che bello andare“. The joyful diaspora of an Italian family, from 1975 to today.
Giovanna Rosso Del Brenna, Genova/ Italy
Abstract & CV

17:45 PANEL 11: SHARING STORIES OF MIGRATION 

Venue:Hall 7

Intergenerational culture of remembrance. Descendants of ‘guest workers’ research the history of previous generations.
Caner Osman Ekiz & Enes Yagiz, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen/ Germany in talk with Dietmar Osses, Ruhr Museum, Essen/ Germany
Abstract & CV

Migrants in turbulence times: Staying Awake - Journey to the Paradise
Richard Osei Bonsu & Phylis Akosua Mensah, OMANIA VZW, Antwerp/ Belgium
Abstract & CV

18:45 CLOSING REMARKS

Benan Oregi, Office for the Basque Community Abroad – Basque Government, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country/ Spain

Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen

09.45h EXCURSIONS
(parallel tours by foot)

A: Nature, culture and history of the Ruhr Area: The permanent exhibition of the Ruhr Museum
Start 10h, Meeting point: Werner-Müller-Platz, escalator

B: Exploring the collection: The Schaudepot of the Ruhr Museum & visit to the Palace of Projects
Start 9:45h, Meeting point Werner-Müller-Platz/ KoKoBu

C: Encountering migration in the Zollverein neighbourhood. Guided tour & meeting with migrant families
Start 9:45h, Meeting point Werner-Müller-Platz/ KoKoBu

D: The path of coal. Guided tour through the originally preserved aboveground facilities of the Zollverein Coal Mine
Start 10h, Meeting point: Werner-Müller-Platz

E: Award winning contemporary product design. Guided tour through the Red Dot Design Museum
Start 10h, Meeting point: Red Dot Design Museum

13:00 END OF EXCURSIONS

Optional: Lunch at the Restaurant The Mine, Werner-Müller-Platz
(own costs)