On Traumatic Modernities: Forced Migration and Nakh Cultural Memory Along Caucasus Borderlands …that constitutes forced migration. This research has also been disseminated in general interest publications. Among the general interest publications is a widely syndicated piece on the concept of forced migration…
Drug Cartels’ Violence in New and Traditional Illegal Markets …Mexican areas close to the US border and into the US. Pains, Guns and Moves: The Effect of the US Opioid Epidemic on Mexican Migration The opioid epidemic and migration…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholars …on Life Inside Germany, 1941-1945 Jean Pierre Misago (African Centre for Migration and Society, University of the Witwatersrand). Migration, Governance, and Violent Exclusion: Exploring the Politics of Xenophobic Violence in…
“The Long History of Anti-Asian Violence in the US”: Dr. Beth Lew-Williams Dr. Beth Lew-Williams Beth Lew-Williams is a historian of race and migration in the United States, specializing in Asian American history. Her book, The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and…
Pathways to Conflict: The Impact of Climate Change on Violence “As extreme weather events become more frequent, the risk of conflict is likely to rise, driven by their effects on economic stability, agriculture, and migration.” (Vally Koubi, 2025) In her…
The Chinese Must Go: The Violent Birth of American Border Control …of Chinese immigrants. In The Chinese Must Go, I show how American immigration policies incited this violence and how the violence, in turn, provoked new exclusionary policies. Ultimately, I argue, Chinese…
The Impact of Climate Change on Conflict …by their effects on economic stability, agriculture, and migration. To mitigate these risks, strengthening political institutions, fostering social cohesion, and effectively managing migration will be crucial.” Koubi’s report analyzes the…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholars …Lynching in the United States Corey Chivers (Penn Medicine), Mark Gross (Sociology and Criminology, Cabrini University), and Lauren B. Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society, University of Witwatersrand). Predicting…
White Terror: Paramilitary Violence in Interwar Central Europe …the important, but rather obvious subjects of, for example, (forced or voluntary) migration, religion, or tourism as forms of cross-cultural encounter and interaction. Yet, ethnic conflict, war and civil war,…
