SubsidieMeestersGlobal Resettlement Regimes: Ambivalent Lessons learned from the Postwar (1945-1951)
This project examines the interconnected global resettlement regimes of the 1940s-50s through legal history and Social GIS, aiming to inform contemporary discussions on refugee policies.
Projectdetails
Introduction
This project argues that the late 1940s and 1950s saw the construction of global resettlement regimes. Earlier scholarship on displacement and resettlement has generally treated post-war experiences in Europe and in Asia as separate domains. In contrast, this project shows the connections between the European and the Asian spheres, and further links them to Australia and the Americas.
Objectives
This project explores the potential of global history with an innovative interface to legal history, by:
- Analysing the role of international organizations and experts linked with the United Nations system (UNRRA and IRO) in formulating policies that had a global impact.
- Analysing the interactions of this global resettlement regime with national policies and regional/local experts.
- Analysing the movements of refugees across national borders and continents, and the role of communities in reshaping refugee lives.
- Focusing on select biographical and intellectual archives and experiences.
Methodology
The project will use Social GIS methods to map these flows of actors and knowledge, especially through an intensive focus on the International Tracing Service (ITS) / Arolsen archives, which have hitherto seldom been analyzed in global perspective.
It will link this empirical corpus with data gleaned from other international, national, and local archives, as well as non-archival sources, such as refugee memoirs and biographies, and representations of refugee resettlement in newspapers and literature.
Analytical Framework
The project will follow these connected strands of enquiry by weaving together four interlinked optics:
- On normativity.
- On refugees' lifeworlds and ‘state of exception’.
- On global history and spatial studies, especially the paradigm of ‘carceral geography’, in studying refugee camps.
- The emergent field of global intellectual history and memory studies.
Conclusion
The project will publish and convey the ‘lessons learned’ about post-war refugee resettlement which can inform discussions today.
Financiële details & Tijdlijn
Financiële details
| Subsidiebedrag | € 2.159.469 |
| Totale projectbegroting | € 2.159.469 |
Tijdlijn
| Startdatum | 1-2-2023 |
| Einddatum | 31-1-2028 |
| Subsidiejaar | 2023 |
Partners & Locaties
Projectpartners
- UNIVERSITAT WIENpenvoerder
Land(en)
Vergelijkbare projecten binnen European Research Council
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