Diaspora Studies

The first wave of Polish immigration to Canada began as early as the second half of the nineteenth century. Yet, unlike its southern neighbour, Canada is rarely associated with a large and visible Polish diaspora in the Polish public imagination. Children's literature has played a particularly significant role in shaping Canada's multicultural mosaic. Given this context, the limited representation of Polish history and culture in Canadian children's literature may come as a surprise. Although Polish characters appear in novels by authors such as Kathy Kacer, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, and Laura Langston, they typically serve as secondary characters or antagonists, while issues related to Polish culture and Polish Canadian identity remain largely unexplored.

An important exception is the work of Heather Kirk, a writer who spent two years in Warsaw in the late 1970s and subsequently devoted two novels for young readers—Warsaw Spring (2001) and A Drop of Rain (2004)—to Polish history and culture, thereby partially filling a gap in the representation of Polish experiences within Canadian children's literature. The protagonists of these novels, set in the late 1970s and the 1990s respectively, are Canadian teenagers of Polish descent who struggle with the challenges arising from their dual Polish Canadian cultural identity. Throughout the narratives, they discover the history of their ancestors' homeland and the richness of its culture, incorporating these experiences into their own transcultural memory repertoire.

The aim of this article is to analyse Kirk's first Polish-themed novel and demonstrate how experiences such as travelling to Poland or engaging in conversations with members of the older generation—often survivors of the Second World War and communism—contribute to the formation of the protagonist's multicultural identity. Furthermore, the article highlights the novel's extratextual mnemonic potential and its role in fostering cultural memory.

W centrum dyskursów mnemonicznych ukraińskiej diaspory w Kanadzie znajdują się wydarzenia transkontynentalne, łączące Ukrainę z Kanadą. Na przestrzeni ostatnich kilku dekad kanadyjscy i amerykańscy pisarze pochodzenia ukraińskiego – jak również ci niemający bezpośrednich związków z Ukrainą – wprowadzili tematykę skomplikowanych relacji między Polską a Ukrainą do literatury pisanej po angielsku – co ciekawe, głównie tej skierowanej do młodych czytelników. Powieści historyczne takich kanadyjskich pisarek, jak Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch i Lisa Grekul, cieszą się sporą popularnością i wpływają na kształtowanie się pamięci kolejnych pokoleń nie tylko Kanadyjczyków i Amerykanów, ale także, biorąc pod uwagę liczne przekłady ich powieści, czytelników w innych krajach. Po krótkim przedstawieniu różnic w dyskursach pamięciowych Polski i Ukrainy autor niniejszego artykułu skupia się na przybliżeniu mało znanych w naszym regionie książek Skrypuch i Grekul, które wpisują się w ramy tego, co Marek Oziewicz określa mianem „prozy skrwawionych ziem”. Pozwoli mu to na pokazanie głównych sposobów przedstawiania w kanadyjskiej literaturze dziecięcej i młodzieżowej relacji polsko-ukraińskich.

A few months after its publication in North America, Erin Litteken’s bestselling historical novel The Memory Keeper of Kyiv (2022) has already been translated into fourteen languages. Thus, it is plausible that for many readers the novel will be the first encounter with the complex topic of the Great Famine of 1932–1933 in Soviet Ukraine. This article examines the narrative techniques used in The Memory Keeper of Kyiv and demonstrates that the combination of romance and historical fiction enables Litteken not only to introduce readers possessing little to no knowledge of Ukrainian history to the Holodomor but also to show the links between Ukraine and North America, and those between the present and past genocides in Ukraine. After a brief introduction to the historical context of the Holodomor, the article shows that, by using two timelines—one set in 2004 and the other during the Great Famine—Litteken showcases the intergenerational and transcultural character of individual and collective trauma. Finally, it points to the fact that the novel’s present-day protagonist reflects the belated recognition of the Holodomor among the assimilated representatives of the Ukrainian American diaspora and their alleged responsibility to prevent the memory of the Famine from falling into oblivion.

Capítulo do livro Antropologia, fronteiras e diferenças, o artigo narra os modos de atravessamento da fronteira do Haiti para a República Dominicana rumo a fazendas da região de Constanza que empregam massivamente mão de obra haitiana. Texto escrito em coautoria com Sondy Joly, informante haitiano que percorreu a rota descrita diversas vezes.

Did German Jewry have a future after its expulsion from Germany? This is a very short extract from my Doktorarbeit written for the Historical Institute at the University of Potsdam. The thesis deals with international cooperation in German Jewish journalism in the 1950s (Aufbau, Jüdische Allgemeine, Mitteilungsblatt, AJR Information). The bigger question is how German Jewish belonging is reinterpreted after World War II and if media was used for mobilising German Jewish solidarity. The Phd was handed in in January and defended in May 2026 (summa cum laude) and is on the way to publication.

O presente livro é fruto do encontro de diversas pessoas pesquisadoras
das migrações em um simpósio realizado pelo GRUPO DE PESQUISA
DIASPOTICS e por BRASILEIROS NO EXTERIOR - PLATAFORMA DE DADOS
SOBRE A EMIGRAÇÃO BRASILEIRA. O evento ocorreu durante o IX Congresso Internacional do Núcleo de Estudos das Américas (NUCLEAS), o XVII Congresso da sociedade Latino-americana de Estúdios sobre América Latina e Caribe (SOLAR) e o Pré-congresso Internacional de Americanistas ICA 150 anos, na Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), em agosto de 2024. A proposta parte da compreensão sobre a migração como um fenômeno social completo e complexo que precisa ser olhado a partir de um diálogo entre perspectivas diversas, desenvolvidas ao longo de trajetórias próprias, mas reunidas nesta obra em um exercício de reflexão coletiva.

Historical archaeologists often view curated or heirloom pottery as a frustrating anomaly in the dating of historical-period sites or contexts. Fewer pause to consider why the artifacts were curated in the first place, or what their presence reveals about the people who maintained them. Drawing on a case study of curated micaceous pottery at a Hispanic diaspora site in east-central New Mexico, this article argues that investigation of heirloom pottery can offer insights into the functional, familial, and cultural significance of these beloved things.

Ce recueil regroupe des contributions de 31 chercheurs provenant du Maroc, d’Algérie, de Tunisie, d’Espagne, de France et d’Italie sous
la direction de Yolande Benarrosh, (Professeure émérite de sociologie, Aix-
Marseille Université, CNRS, LAMES UMR 7305), et a pour ambition de
donner un aperçu complet, transversal et à différents niveaux, du méso au
micro, de la question du travail mondialisé au Maghreb.

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This paper deals with an often overlooked topic, namely the presence of non-Roman Jews in 2nd–4th century Rome, through a thorough study of the epigraphical material from the Jewish catacombs of Rome still available to us. After identifying the main places of origin of those foreign Jews, I aim to determine their integration into the broad Jewish Roman community as well as the diverse ways they sought to preserve their
specific non-Roman identities, with a special focus on epigraphical practices peculiar to their local origin.

Alice Munro's definition of place as a definitive identity marker in the life of an individual in both rhetorical and metaphorical sense is echoed by others like Leonard Lutwack who discusses this aspect in literary terms in The Role of Place in Literature (1984)1. Places reinforce personalities in life as in literature.

This article explores how Ocean Vuong's Night Sky with Exit Wounds (2016) develops a "grammar of survival" through poetic representations of trauma, memory, and identity. Focusing on "Telemachus," "Night Sky with Exit Wounds," "Dear Rose," and "Someday I'll Love Ocean Vuong," it examines how fragmentation, metaphor, tense, and self-address convey and process traumatic experience. Drawing on trauma theory, poetry therapy, and queer literary studies, the article introduces the Waves of Self model, a three-phase framework for poetryinformed therapeutic practice. The model traces trauma engagement through Fragment, where rupture appears without coherence; Metaphor, where symbolic language enables emotional transformation; and Reconnection, where self-address creates relational and narrative possibility. Through close readings, the study argues that Vuong's poetic techniques not only depict trauma but also provide a flexible, non-clinical framework for expressive writing and trauma-informed practices, especially for marginalized and diasporic communities.

This phenomenological study will appear in a publication associated with the Recovery Histories Project at Birkbeck, at University of London. It explores the "invisible architecture" of the migrant psyche and challenges the dominant narrative of survivors, the "orphaned," or those estranged from family, as inherently lonely and lacking in resources through the metaphor of accumulated history, knowledge and skills. Through detached reflection, the poem documents the "heavy coat" of a life lived "midway to centenarian," where pockets are filled with symbols of extensive cultural knowledge—the heavy realities of global tragedies as well as lighter ones of engaging cultural traditions. The work serves as a critique of the "narrow thoughts" and "rental flats" that demand the erasure of a female elder’s knowledge and authority, while affirming an ethic of care, mutual support between women across cultures, and the gift economy.

This article explores the long-term psychological, moral, and political consequences of revolution, ethnic politics, and recurring violence in modern Ethiopia through the lens of collective and intergenerational trauma. Drawing on historical scholarship, trauma theory, political analysis, and reflective lived experience, the article argues that Ethiopia's contemporary crisis is not only political but also deeply moral and psychological (Levine, 2000; Zeleke, 2025). The study examines how the 1974 revolution, the Red Terror, forced conscription, civil war, famine, ethnic federalism, and recurring communal violence weakened traditional ethical structures, normalized fear, and fragmented collective identity (Donham, 1999; Keller, 1995; Mengisteab, 1997). It further argues that unresolved historical suffering continues to shape 1 2 D D 1 2 6 5 ," a people accustomed to coexistence despite differences. Ultimately, the article argues that sustainable peace in Ethiopia requires truth-telling, reconciliation, ethical leadership, responsible public discourse, and the restoration of shared humanity across political and ethnic divides (Lederach, 2005; Zeleke, 2025).

La movilidad humana es una circunstancia problematizadora del sí mismo. El contraste con la alteridad así como la inmersión en una nueva cotidianidad pueden crear una crisis en la autorrepresentación y la autovaloración. El siguiente artículo explora la construcción de la identidad venezolana en función a su gubernamentalidad en migrantes venezolanos a través de una metodología cualitativa y un enfoque microsociológico. Inicia con la importancia del mundo de la vida cotidiana en el tránsito de la identidad sustancial a la identidad narrativa de la mano de Goffman, Ricoeur y Montero. A continuación, se caracteriza la gubernamentalidad en relación al poder así como la consecuencia de la ingobernabilidad venezolanaa través de Foucault y Cappelletti. Posteriormente, se analiza la construcción de la identidad venezolana mediante 16 entrevistas a profundidad hechas a venezolanos con más de cinco años fuera del país. Se concluye que el emigrante venezolano descubre comociertas actuaciones reivindicadas en Venezuela como propias y constituyentes, no son exclusivamente nacionales. En la esfera laboral calibra estratégicamente su ser venezolano: adecua su fachada, expresión y actuación con el objetivo de una integración sin sobresaltos. La adaptación aspira auna existencia estable a través de interacciones regularesdentro de entornos potencialmente hostiles.

FR : Cette recherche examine l’expérience de H. M., un immigrant yougoslave ayant quitté Skopje pour Istanbul en 1954, à travers ses archives personnelles conservées par sa famille. Elle met en lumière la manière dont il vit la procédure d’accueil en Turquie sur une décennie, en analysant le rôle des concepts administratifs dans son parcours et les stratégies individuelles qu’il mobilise pour s’intégrer au marché du travail. Les archives de H. M., exclusivement composées de documents administratifs, révèlent les démarches qu’il entreprend pour s’adapter à un système d’accueil. Bien qu’il bénéficie d’un accord bilatéral facilitant son entrée en Turquie, H. M. rencontre divers obstacles nécessitant une reconversion professionnelle. Cette étude met en évidence la manière dont les procédures administratives influencent les trajectoires des migrants, révélant des tensions entre stabilité et mobilité. H. M. incarne le cas d’un immigrant qui puise dans ses origines pour naviguer au sein d’un système administratif complexe, tout en se conformant aux attentes normatives de son pays d’accueil. Placé dans un état d’« entre-deux », il doit à la fois dissimuler son origine migrante et exploiter ses compétences liées à son passé pour accéder à un poste dans la fonction publique. Analysées en parallèle avec les archives d’État, les archives personnelles de H. M. illustrent le rôle des catégorisations administratives dans la construction de parcours migratoires.

Mots clés : immigration, archives personnelles, insertion professionnelle, Turquie, Yougoslavie

EN: This research examines the experience of H. M., a Yugoslav immigrant who left Skopje for Istanbul in 1954, through his personal archives preserved by his family. It highlights how he experienced the integration process in Turkey over the course of a decade, analyzing the role of administrative concepts in his trajectory and the individual strategies he employed to integrate into the labor market. H. M.’s archives, consisting exclusively of administrative documents, reveal the steps he took to adapt to the welcoming policy. Although he benefited from a bilateral agreement facilitating his entry into Turkey, H. M. faced various obstacles, necessitating a career change. This study emphasizes how administrative procedures influence migrants’ trajectories, revealing tensions between stability and mobility. H. M. represents the case of an immigrant who draws on his origins to navigate a demanding administrative system, while conforming to the normative expectations of his host country. Placed in a state of “in-betweenness,” he both conceals his migrant origin and also leverages his skills related to his past in order to secure a position in the public service. Analyzed in parallel with state archives, H. M.’s personal archives illustrate the role of administrative categorizations in the construction of migration pathways.

Keywords: immigration, personal archives, professional integration, Turkey, Yugoslavia

This essay explores how Sephardi Jews from Thessaloniki, Greece, harnessed racial and gendered discourses to secure scarce resources, particularly immigration permits to Mandatory Palestine during the 1930s. Leaders of the Yishuv viewed their bodies as robust and well-suited for maritime labour, aligning with Zionist ideals of conquering the sea and cultivating the land. Salonican Jews capitalized on these perceptions to advance the migration of impoverished workers to Palestine. By examining archival materials and memoirs, the essay delves into the intersection of race, labour, and masculinity, revealing how Sephardi men reshaped Jewish identity within the Mediterranean landscape and Zionist ambitions.

Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine presents migration as an ongoing process of identity
reconstruction rather than a singular act of relocation. This paper examines how the novel
conceptualizes the figure of the “New American” through Jasmine’s repeated acts of self
reinvention as she moves from rural India to the United States. Mukherjee disrupts
traditional narratives of assimilation by portraying identity as fluid, unstable, and shaped by
cultural dislocation. Jasmine’s successive renaming—Jyoti, Jasmine, Jazzy, and Jane—serve
as a symbolic marker of her transformation and reflects the complexities of negotiating
belonging within a transnational space.
Drawing on postcolonial and feminist frameworks, the study analyzes how gender,
race, and migration intersect to influence Jasmine’s evolving selfhood. The novel
foregrounds the violence and trauma embedded in the migrant experience, suggesting that
reinvention often emerges from survival rather than choice. At the same time, Mukherjee
presents reinvention as a source of agency, allowing the protagonist to resist fixed cultural
identities and patriarchal limitations. The concept of Americanness in Jasmine is thus
redefined as a process of becoming rather than a stable national identity.
The paper argues that Jasmine constructs the “New American” as a hybrid subject
who inhabits multiple cultural worlds while refusing cultural stasis. By emphasising
movement, adaptation, and self-fashioning, Mukherjee challenges essentialist notions of
identity and national identity. This study situates Jasmine within the context of migration and
diaspora studies to highlight its contribution to understanding identity formation in
contemporary migrant literature.

This paper explores how AravindAdiga critically examines the idea of nationhood in modern India, focusing on the socioeconomic , cultural, and political challenges that define the country today. Through his novels The White Tiger, Last Man in Tower, and Selection Day, Adiga delves into the stark contrasts within Indian society-between the wealthy urban centres and the struggling rural areas, the push for modernization versus the persistence of traditional values, and the tension between personal ambition and systemic limitations. The paper presents Adiga's use of complex, symbolic characters to reveal the fragmented identity of contemporary India by leveraging the concepts of Homi K. Bhabha on nationhood. Adiga narrative techniques include first-person narration and multi-layered perspectives, capturing paradoxically entrenched issues like globalisation, urbanisation and caste problems. Adiga's work demands attention to cultural barriers that perpetuate disparities while looking into the moral dilemmas that curb progress. Adiga blends individual stories with broader social challenges to establish himself as a distinct literary voice who challenges the narrative space surrounding India's development. His novels provide a critical portrayal of a nation caught between aspiration and social inequalities that continue to shape its future. This research emphasises the significance of Adiga's contributions to comprehending the intricacies of contemporary India.

This book has been put together to generate debates, encourage discussions in teaching and learning, and to awaken curiosity. Rite of Passage invites readers to pursue voicing their opinion on pivotal issues in our society. Particularly in the section—Provoking Thought, the writer has attempted to go beyond conventional ways of thinking about life. A sheer effort has been made to bring out topics that is seldom talked about publicly. These include what we view as happiness, questioning life and death, coping with the loss of a loved one or handling a breakup. The memoirs published here range from the experience of pursuing a doctoral degree in Australia to meeting a Fijian-Australasian writer, Emeritus Professor Satendra Nandan, and to standing up to bullying in academia. The nature of essays recommends books that national leaders should read, including the works of Fiji’s former vice-president Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, how the Fijian diaspora can contribute to building libraries in schools; learning from the lives of England’s Princess Diana and Fiji’s Professor Cliff Benson; and appreciating the diversity of languages in Fiji, including the legacy of the girmitiyas. A chapter also considers the question of what academics should be doing in their role. While Fiji’s higher education is keen to upgrade qualifications of their academic staff, my piece Stepping into Academia should be a major contribution to policy discussions. The book establishes Goundar’s merit to belong to the academic community in Fiji as well as in Australia. The memoirs and speeches here act as complementary evidence of the milestones that one has to pass in order to maintain credibility as a scholar. This book calls upon readers, writers, and policy makers to approach themes of the essays according to their own perspectives and to continue to debate the pivotal issues of our times.