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Humboldt Prize winner for a research stay at SFB 1604

Dr. Oliver Schmidtke, Professor at the University of Victoria and winner of this year's Humboldt Research Award, will be conducting research for twelve months at IMIS and in the Collaborative Research Centre 1604.

Teaser: Press & Media

Kulturkampf: Wie die DDR mit Migration umging und was die AfD daraus zieht

Die Podcast-Episode beleuchtet mit Jochen Oltmer u.a. die Frage, warum „Arbeit ja, Zugehörigkeit nein“ sowohl in der BRD als auch der DDR lange den Alltag und das gesellschaftliche Klima bestimmte und wie diese Geschichte bis heute nachwirkt.

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© Vera Hanewinkel

Renowned Canadian Humboldt Award winner arrives

Dr. Oliver Schmidtke, Professor at the University of Victoria and winner of this year's Humboldt Research Award, will be conducting research for twelve months at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) and in the Collaborative Research Centre 1604.

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From East Coast to West Coast: Next Sites in a Multi-Sited Ethnography Process and an inspiring Welcome at the University of Amsterdam

An insight into the research stay of Aurora A. Sauter (Project C5) at the University of Amsterdam

Teaser: Publication

›The construction of muslim gender identities‹

Ceylan, Rauf. 2026. The construction of muslim gender identities—A structured content analysis of friday sermons from the Turkish-Islamic organization DITIB in Germany. Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik.

Teaser: Publication

›Gastarbeiter’ in the Nazi Press (1933–1945)‹

Rass, Christoph. 2026. ‘Gastarbeiter’ in the Nazi Press (1933–1945). Formative Years of a Key Term in Migration Politics. IMIS Working Paper 22. Osnabrück: Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien (IMIS) der Universität Osnabrück

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Lecture and discussion with Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Claus Leggewie

Under the title "From the multicultural city to the debate about the cityscape: political-administrative and scientific perspectives on migration and the municipality", prominent voices from politics and science will discuss the topic on Thursday, January 15, starting at 6 pm.

Teaser: Press & Media

Rauf Ceylan new expert in the SVR

Sociologist Rauf Ceylan has been appointed to the Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR) for the term of office from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028.

Teaser: Publication

›Family and Gender Order in Diyanet Sermons‹

Ceylan, Rauf. 2026. Between Tradition and Modernity: Family and Gender Order in Diyanet Sermons—A Qualitative Content Analysis of Theological Perspectives on Decadence, Hedonism and Moral Responsibility. Journal of Church and State 68 (1).

Teaser: Publication

›Rassismus und Diskriminierung in Verwaltungsinstitutionen‹

Lang, Christine. 2026. Rassismus und Diskriminierung in Verwaltungsinstitutionen. In Rassismusforschung III, ed. Nationaler Diskriminierungs- und Rassismusmonitor, 185–215. Bielefeld: transcript.