Societies of the early 21st century are composed of many intersecting cultures, defined by status as citizens or recent immigrants and other societal hierarchies. Past-oriented segments of state populations decry the loss of essentialized national identities. What is lacking in this set-up of the debate is the young generation. This volume brings together European and Canadian studies in sociology, history, and cultural studies.

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Dr. Dirk Hoerder teaches North-American social history and migration history at Bremen University, and has directed several internationally cooperative and comparative research projects on migration and acculturation.

Dr. Irina Schmitt specializes on young people and their strategies of self-positioning in many-cultured and transcultural contexts, as well as on the intersection of concepts of multiculturalism and transculturalism with queer theories.

Dr. Yvonne Hébert teaches at University of Calgary, and specializes on cultural issues in education.

Dr. Christiane Harzig ist zurzeit als Professorin am Department of History der Arizona State University tätig.