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The history of Russian Germans (Russlanddeutsche) is one of intensive mobility across space and time. In this volume, authors from the fields of history, sociology, cultural studies, and sociolinguistics analyze key issues of the history and present of this globally connected diaspora group from an interdisciplinary angle.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Russian Germans on Four Continents,
Anna Flack, Jan Musekamp, Jannis Panagiotidis, and Hans-Christian PetersenChapter 1: Russian German History as Global History: Beyond Ethnonational Frames,
James CasteelPart I: Regimes of Migration and Belonging
Chapter 2: Navigating Global Color Lines: Volhynia's German Speakers on the Move,
Jan MusekampChapter 3: 'Canada Needs Us': An Analysis of Transnational Russian-German Migration through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program,
Anna KozlovaChapter 4: How Germany Determines what "Being German" Means in the Post-Soviet Space,
Concha Maria HöflerPart II: Networks
Chapter 5: Transatlantic Diaspora Activism and Völkisch Heritage: Karl Stumpp and the Russian Germans,
Hans-Christian PetersenChapter 6: The Transnational Exchange of Ideas: The Russian-German Dissident Emigration Movement's Impact on Soviet Domestic and Foreign Policy (1972-1987),
Eric J. SchmaltzChapter 7: Entrepreneurial Networks of Russian-Speaking Germans across the Eurasian Space: From a Family Store to a Transnational Supermarket Chain,
Tetiana HavlinPart III: War and Violence
Chapter 8: The Deportation of Russian Germans to Kazakhstan in 1941 and their Subsequent Fate,
J. Otto PohlChapter 9: Pacifists and Nazi Sympathizers? Narrating the Canadian Mennonite World War II Experience in the Local Cultures Project,
Matthias KaltenbrunnerPart IV: Language
Chapter 10: Volga Germans in Entre Ríos, Argentina: Global Changes, Language Maintenance and Shift,
Alicia CipriaChapter 11: "I don't know where this comes from that they call us Russian Germans":
The Role of Linguistic, Ethnic, and Confessional Labels in the Former Colônia Guarany (Brazil),
Lucas Löff-MachadoAbout the Contributors
About the author
Anna Flack is executive assistant of academic affairs at TU Dortmund University. Jan Musekamp is visiting associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Jannis Panagiotidis is historian, migration scholar, and currently the scientific director of the Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET) at the University of Vienna. Hans-Christian Petersen is research associate at the Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe (BKGE) and lecturer at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg in Germany.Anna Flack is executive assistant of academic affairs at TU Dortmund University. Jan Musekamp is visiting associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Jannis Panagiotidis is historian, migration scholar, and currently the scientific director of the Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET) at the University of Vienna. Hans-Christian Petersen is research associate at the Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe (BKGE) and lecturer at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg in Germany.
Summary
The history of Russian Germans (Russlanddeutsche) is one of intensive mobility across space and time. In this volume, authors from the fields of history, sociology, cultural studies, and sociolinguistics analyze key issues of the history and present of this globally connected diaspora group from an interdisciplinary angle.
