Eastern, Central, and Southeast Europe offer a critical vantage point for understanding the complexities of migration, one of the defining forces of our time. Labor migration in and from this region has shaped economies, social structures, and political debates across Europe and beyond. Yet these movements are often overlooked or oversimplified in public discourse.
Since the nineteenth century, people have moved to, from, and within Eastern Europe in search of employment and social mobility. In many of the region’s cities and localities, labor migration has transformed local economies, altered political dynamics, and reshaped everyday social life. In destination countries, these movements have contributed to the formation of new diaspora communities and increasingly interconnected labor markets. At the same time, migrants have built transnational networks and sustained cross-border cultural and economic ties that link workplaces, households, and communities across Europe.
This lecture series explores labor migration in and from Eastern Europe, broadly conceived, from a wide range of disciplinary and geographic perspectives. Across fourteen lectures, anthropologists, historians, sociologists and scholars from related fields trace key themes in labor migration from the nineteenth century to the present. Topics include border regimes and the racialization of migrants, precarity, informality, and remittances, as well as return migration and gendered dimensions of care and domestic work.
Online-Ringvorlesung
Diese Ringvorlesung wird in englischer Sprache und online (via Zoom) durchgeführt. Die Vorträge werden aufgezeichnet und stehen anschliessend als Podcasts zur Verfügung. Mehr Informationen hierzu finden Sie auf der Website des Instituts für Slavistik und Osteuropastudien (ISOS):
ISOS: Ringvorlesung Labor Migration
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