Academic Year 2016-2017
Event Title
Moabit: Migration into a Berlin Community
Location
Cotilla Gallery (Sherman Library, 2nd floor)
Event Website
http://cahss.nova.edu/faculty/stephen_ross_levitt.html
Start Date
16-3-2017 12:00 PM
End Date
16-3-2017 1:00 PM
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Cultural History | European History | History of Religion | International and Area Studies | Jewish Studies | Politics and Social Change | Race and Ethnicity | Regional Sociology | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social History | Sociology | Sociology of Culture | Sociology of Religion
Description
Settled in the 17th century by Huguenots fleeing persecution in France, Moabit became home to a large Berlin Jewish community in the 19th and early 20th century, corresponding with rapid industrialization. This lecture will explore Moabit’s transitions over four hundred years with a focus on the district’s role in housing minorities and migrants. It will consider to what extent Huguenot, Jewish, Turkish and other minority and migrant groups became integrated in Prussian or German society and conclude with an analysis of the recent influx of Syrian refugees articulating how this might affect municipal politics and priorities.
Moabit: Migration into a Berlin Community
Cotilla Gallery (Sherman Library, 2nd floor)
Settled in the 17th century by Huguenots fleeing persecution in France, Moabit became home to a large Berlin Jewish community in the 19th and early 20th century, corresponding with rapid industrialization. This lecture will explore Moabit’s transitions over four hundred years with a focus on the district’s role in housing minorities and migrants. It will consider to what extent Huguenot, Jewish, Turkish and other minority and migrant groups became integrated in Prussian or German society and conclude with an analysis of the recent influx of Syrian refugees articulating how this might affect municipal politics and priorities.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/far_fls/ay2016-2017/lectures/5