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“Harlem in Germany’: Race, Migration, and the American Analogy in the Federal Republic,” Lauren Stokes

Event Details

Date
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Time
4-5:30 p.m.
Location
Description
As West Germans discussed “difference” after
1945, they sought out a self-consciously
“Western” and liberal way to discuss difference.
The talk examines different examples of how
US social science on race shaped policies on
migration in West Germany, including how
invoking “Harlem” as a racialized space shaped
urban housing policy for migrants in Germany,
and how a theory of child development
borrowed from US social science was used to
justify new restrictions on child migration.
Cost
Free

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