This is the third and final conference in the "(Researching) Migration: On New Paths, in Each Direction?" series. The first, held in Vienna in 2022, centered on Spaces and Locations of Migration, the second, held in St. Pölten in 2023, discussed Migration, Time, and Temporality.


Administrative bodies have long sought to categorize and classify migrants and migrations. During the era of transnational mass migrations these endeavors became critical in the administration of modern (nation-)states. Be that as it may, administrative classificatory systems, adapted to the logic of the state and its migration regime, obscure the complexity of migratory practices. A thorough and nuanced understanding of migratory phenomena requires us to move beyond nationally confined approaches to integrative and alternative definitions and analytical categories. With a view to evaluate and develop innovative viewpoints in migration research, this conference seeks to broaden the scholarship with the studies on human mobility from both pre-modern and modern temporal perspectives.

To apply, please send a short biographical statement and up to 250 word abstract to: deja.gliha@zrc-sazu.si by September 30, 2024. Decisions on the conference program will be made within four weeks of the deadline. 
Working language will be English.

Organized by

• Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Aleksej Kalc and Miha Zobec, Slovenian Migration Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts

• Annemarie Steidl, University of Vienna, Department of Economic and Social History

• Oliver Kühschelm, zhmf – Institut für Geschichte des ländlichen Raumes, and Anne Unterwurzacher, IAI, first - Research Network for Interdisciplinary Regional Studie