Mit Geschichte(n) um die Welt
Dies ist der Weg um die Welt zu den Quellen meiner Doktorarbeit - oder besser er war dies bis Post 52. Das Darauffolgende ist mein persönliches Post-Doc-Projekt. Die Arbeit als (Forschungs-)Reise, die Reise als Arbeit begreifen? Dies sei ein Versuch. Und eine Einladung an all jene, die mir folgen möchten. Ich beschäftige mich in meiner Doktorarbeit mit Migrationsgeschichte, genauer gesagt Displaced Persons (DPs) - siehe dazu z.B.: https://www.copernico.eu/de/themenbeitraege/displaced-persons-zwischen-befreiung-und-neuanfang Neben Archiven und Museen geht es auf diesem Blog um Zugfahrten und Wanderungen. Somit ist das Kommende Bewegungsgeschichte ohne und an Grenzen sowie darüber hinaus!
A part of Uckermark at the other end of the world
Those who want to go to Prenzlau must primarily head west, through Marburg and Minden; those coming from the south will likely pass through Templin. This is the case, at least, if...
Of Stopping. Or: Australia Day – between pleasure, pride, and open wounds
I recently heard from various sources that my restlessness was noticeable and seemingly increasing. I gathered that some were worried about my energy reserves and my internal...
What do anti-communist 'Russians' have to do with Southeast Asia and Hawaii?
It’s complex and yes, this is also DP history.
Pearl Harbor Memorial on a Budget
The Pearl Harbor Memorial is considered a must-see for anyone visiting Hawaii - at least that's what the internet says. And so do the advertisements at the airport, in hostels,...
America in a different way? - By train from Minneapolis to Seattle
Those traveling by train through the almost empty areas of the USA mainly see vastness and a huge and yet beautiful nothingness. No skyscrapers, no crowds of people or cars, no...
Link to my StoryMap about DPs and Australia!
What else do I do besides writing and sitting in archives? Here’s some self-promotion for a project related to one of my research findings: StoryMap Getting Away from War and...
The turkey is out! Or: When America stands still
The USA is about commerce and capitalism. I don't like it, I feel uncomfortable, it all doesn't quite resonate with me, nothing new (see for example here). By chance and yet...
To take away. Quite easy!?
The best travel advice ever: Just use a small piece of luggage!
The Katyń Museum. Or: Insider tips for Warsaw
A great place to reflect on the history of World War II from a non-Western perspective.
The Regensburg Ganghofersiedlung. Or: Bavaria's little Ukraine
Regensburg should be called the westernmost city in Ukraine.
The New Zealand Haka of the Māori in Italy. Or: Remembering in Monte Cassino
Actually, I don’t like large commemorative events or memorial sites. This may be confusing, because it is my field of work. But maybe that's exactly why. What I don't like is...
Of Chinese-Jewish history. Or: The Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum
My actual destination in Shanghai is the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum. If it hasn't been made clear before: yes with an exclamation mark! My theme takes me around the world...
From 36 hours Shanghai
Left my independence for safekeeping at the airport!
Tawharanui Regional Park
Great for hiking and especially for admiring birdsong.
Te Henga (Bethells Beach), Piha and the Mercer Bay Loop
Of cliffs, black earth and sand like chocolate!
My absolute favourite: Mangawhai Cliffs Walk
This is the trail you want to walk if you are in Auckland and have a car!
From old memories: Titahi Bay today and then
Home is where your heart is!
Adelaide, the city of sunsets
My feeling on the ground tells me that Adelaide is quite underrated.
The Melbourne Holocaust Museum
Wow! Of new exhibition standards!
About accents and Melbourne, the Hamburg of the southern hemisphere
Complex identities, ambiguities, people with more than just one origin are also on the trail here.
Open doors
I think I have the answer to my question about what excites me so much about this region!
Difficult terrain. Or: What Australia has to do with anti-communism and Nazi collaboration
Nobody said this would be easy!
Of focus, will and perseverance. Or: What (my) work (maybe) has to do with surfing
How the current moves you forward, how the waves can be felt on, and even more in, the body.
From the Illawarra Polish Museum in Wollongong. Or better: From Zu-Falls
“Something like that is definitely hard to come by! There’s a lot of things that don’t exist in Australia!”
Von Bolek, Stanisława - und Agnieszka
"That would somehow be a conclusion, maybe even the end of my search."
About leaving and arriving. Or: My way to Sydney
Why keep running? The surroundings are just too beautiful!
Of history and what remains. Or: What else I wanted to write about Canada 2/2
Dear universe, if there is something there, I am a grateful “buyer”. :D
Of light and shadow. Or: What else I wanted to write about Canada 1/2
Almost three months in Canada and (almost) once through the entire north of North America.
West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island - What a trail!
... falling asleep by the water with the sound of waves and waking up again, feeling my feet until they are numb, having my backpack on my shoulders.
Writing, reading, doctoral thesis and next to it, afterwards and right in the middle of it all, the Rocky Mountains. Or: Do it!
I don't know why I shouldn't do that either.