Author's Corner
Fiona-Katharina Seiger | Migration at Work
The willingness to migrate in search of employment is in itself insufficient to compel anyone to move. The dynamics of labour mobility are heavily influenced by the opportunities perceived and the imaginaries held by both employers and regulating authorities in relation to migrant labour.
Benjamin Nickl | Turkish German Muslims and Comedy Entertainment
Comedy entertainment is a powerful arena for serious public engagement with questions of German national identity and Turkish German migration.
Mark McKinney | Postcolonialism and Migration in French Comics
© Farid Boudjellal
Artists such as Zeina Abirached, Baru and Boudjellal have been impressive in their efforts to decolonize French comics an...
Wim Coudenys | Taal en de wereld
Foto: Koen Broos
Nieuwsgierigheid is de sleutel tot alles: stel vragen (een talige activiteit!) en ga op zoek naar antwoorden (ook zoiets ‘tali...
Leen d’Haenens | Images of Immigrants and Refugees in Western Europe
Images of Immigrants and Refugees in Western Europe examines the dynamic interplay between media representations of migrants and refugees on the one hand and the governmental and societal (re)actions to these on the other.
Steven Vande Moortele | Robert Schumann. Szenen aus Goethes Faust
"Wat heel vreemd is, natuurlijk, is dat het boekje bedoeld was om te verschijnen ter gelegenheid van de nieuwe productie van de Faust-Szenen do...
Simon Dell | The Portrait and the Colonial Imaginary
"It was very difficult to find a way of writing about the different perspectives of France and Africa, of Africans in France and the French in A...
Geert Bouckaert | European Perspectives for Public Administration
"In order to provide solutions to future problems in the public sector, it is necessary for the academic field of Public Administration to re-inv...
Ellen Debackere | Welkom in Antwerpen?
"Dit boek toont aan dat wie een complex en gelaagd fenomeen als migratiebeleid wil begrijpen, rekening zal moeten houden met heel veel factoren, ...
Matthias De Groof | Lumumba in the Arts
"Art reminds us of the impossibility of his death and leaves us horrified every time one remembers the tragedy."
It is no coincidence that a his...
Matthew Stanard | The Leopard, the Lion, and the Cock. Colonial Memories and Monuments in Belgium
"I hope readers would remember the value of studying history; both its intrinsic value, and the importance of learning history in order to better...
Roeland Goorts | War, State, and Society in Liège. How a Small State of the Holy Roman Empire survived the Nine Year's War (1688-1697)
"Especially nowadays it is important to study the complicated equilibrium of a European small state that often involved political negotiations an...