Research visits and guest scholars at IMIS 2026
Morten Baarvig Thomsen
History
Department of Culture and Language, University of Southern Denmark
PhD-Project on Displaced Persons (DPs) in Denmark
Guest at NGHM / IMIS: 1 April - 15 July 2026
Office: 03/235
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Matti Välimäki
History and Archaeology, Political Science, Political History
University of Helsinki
Research project on the history of deportations of foreigners in Finland from the 1970s to the 2020s
Guest at NGHM / IMIS: 13 April - 7 May 2026
Office: 03/235
Prof. Dr. Luisa Gabriela Morales Vega
Law
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Centro Universitario Valle de México
Fellow in the FFVT project at IMIS, 15 - 30 April 2026
Office: 03/325
More info: https://inv-cu-uaem-vm.blogspot.com/p/dra-en-d-luisa-gabriela-morales-vega.html
Prof. Dr. Oliver Schmidtke
Political Science
University of Victoria (CAN)
Humboldt Research Award
Guest at IMIS/SFB 1604: 1/26-9/26 & early 2027
Office: 03/E17
Prof. Dr. Silvia Pedraza
Sociology and American Culture
University of Michigan
Fellow in the FFVT project at IMIS, May 8-20, 2026
Office: 03/325
More info: https://lsa.umich.edu/ac/people/faculty/spedraza.html
Rabia Harmansah
Cultural Anthropology
University of Pittsburgh
"Life of Ruins: Unraveling the Histories of the Belgrad Forest, its Waters, and People in Istanbul"
Visiting Fellow at IMIS: 1.9.2025-31.8.2026
Lois Bronaugh
International Studies (emphasis in History)
U.S. Research Fellowship Grantee
German-American Fulbright Commission
Project: "Refuge and Representation: How Refugees Redefined Citizenship in Cold War Germany"
Rawnak Dakelbab
Sociology
at IMIS since February 2022
Office: Raum 03/117
PhD project: "A Constructivist Grounded Theory about the Experiences of Syrian Refugee Women in Germany with Gender Specific Honour Codes"