Bucerius Young Scholars Forum in Berkeley

The knowledge of migrants and their role as producers and translators of knowledge has so far received very limited attention. Existing research on this topic predominantly focuses on the early modern period and colonial history. Consequently, the Bucerius Young Scholars Forum aims to look at this phenomenon from a supra-epochal, transregional and also interdisciplinary perspective.

The sixth forum will take place from October 10 to 13, 2022. Due to the Corona pandemic the fifth forum has taken place digitally from October 18 to 21, 2021. Prof. Peter Gatrell (Department of History, University of Manchester) hold the Bucerius Lecture titled „Knowing Refugees: Historical Perspectives“ on 18 October. 

The fourth forum has taken place also digitally from October 12 to 14, 2020. The third forum took place from October 21 to 23, 2019 in Berkeley. The Bucerius Lecture 2019 was held by the German-Ukrainian writer Katja Petrowskaja and was titled “Maybe Esther: Storytelling and the Unpredictability of the Past“. The conversation with Sven Spieker who teaches Comparative Literature at the University of California in Santa Barbara dealt with the role of German language in Petrowskaja’s writing and the place of memories and historical facts in literary narrations about the past.
German-Ukrainian writer Katja Petrowskaja hold the Bucerius Lecture 2019 titled “Maybe Esther: Storytelling and the Unpredictability of the Past“. The conversation with Sven Spieker who teaches Comparative Literature at the University of California in Santa Barbara dealt with the role of German language in Petrowskaja’s writing and the place of memories and historical facts in literary narrations about the past.