Jessica Wehner
Contemporary History
Historical migration research, conflict and violence research in the 20th century, displaced persons, history didactics and historical culture
Research assistant at the Department of History (Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research), member of IMIS since March 2022
Member of the Displaced Persons Research Network
Doctoral candidate in the sub-project ‘Norms and Marginality: Practices of Recognition as a Displaced Person’ in the DACH project Norms, Flight, Agency: Negotiating a Migration Regime, funded by the DFG and FWF
Vita
- Since February 2022: Research assistant at the Chair of Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research
- 10/2021–3/2022: Research assistant at the Chair of History Didactics
- 2019-2021: Scholarship holder of the Hans Mühlenhoff Foundation for the Promotion of High-Achieving Youth
- 2018-2021: Student assistant at the Chair of Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research, working on projects including: ‘Transnational Memory of Nazi Forced Labour and Migration’ and Negotiating Resettlement. Negotiations, processes and long-term development of violence-induced migration after World War II
- 2017-2021: Student assistant at the Chair of History Didactics
- 2017-2020: Student assistant at the Chair of General Didactics
- 2015-2021: Studied history and chemistry for teaching at secondary schools at Osnabrück University
