Return Migration and its Consequences in Southeast Europe

This volume is a collection of papers presented at the 60th International Academic Week organized by the Southeast Europe Association in October 2022. The event brought together scholars to discuss the various facets of international return migration from diverse destination countries back to Southeast Europe.

Auteur
Jasna Capo (PhD University of California Berkeley, 1990) is Research Advisor at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research in Zagreb and Titular Professor at the University of Zagreb. She has a multi-disciplinary background in ethnology, cultural anthropology, demography, and French language and literature. She was a post-doctoral fellow in Strasbourg and Vienna; Humboldt Fellow in Munich, Berlin, and Tübingen; visiting professor at Universities of Vienna, Ljubljana, Aix-en-Provence, Toulouse, and Tübingen among other.
Rozita Dimova (PhD Stanford University, 2004) is a Social Anthropologist. She has held research positions at prominent institutions, including the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (2003-2006), Free and Humboldt Universities in Berlin (2007-2015), and served as an Associate Professor in Southeast European Studies at Ghent University in Belgium (2013-2020). A Founding and Permanent Board Member at the Center for Advanced and Interdisciplinary Research in Skopje, North Macedonia, she is currently also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Köszeg, Hungary.
Lumnije Jusufi (PhD Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 2009, Habilitation Humboldt-University of Berlin, 2021) is an Albanologist and Linguist. She was a doctoral and post-doctoral fellow in Munich, and a Humboldt Fellow in Tirana. She approaches migration studies through sociolinguistics. Her doctoral thesis was in Dialectology and Area Linguistics on Albanian in North Macedonia; her habilitation thesis on the influence of the state border on the region of Dibra (Albania-North Macedonia).

Contenu
Jasna apo, Rozita Dimova, Lumnije Jusufi : Preface Jasna apo : Introduction: Meandering Through Return Migration and Its Effects Daniel Göler : Prologue: Return Migration. Theories, Concepts, Findings With a Special Emphasis on Southeast Europe Dhimitr Doka, Daniel Göler : Rückkehr nach Albanien. Phasen, Effekte, Perspektiven Kalie Kërpaçi, Martin Kuka : The Re-Migration of Albanian Returned Migrants Marsida (Salihi) Tafilica : Entrepreneurship by Albanian Return Migrants Lumnije Kadriu : Self-Voluntary Permanent Return Migration to Post-War Kosovo Samir Behari, Azra Berbi, Denis ari : Bosnian Students Abroad in the Time of a Pandemic: a Global Overview Darija Hofgräff Mari, Sarah Hofgräff : To the End of the World and Back: Reasons for Returning to Croatia and Levels of Protection in the 19th and 20th Century Sara eri : Factories Built on the Deutsche Mark. Yugoslav Gastarbeiter Investments in Creating Jobs in the Homeland Linda Paganelli :
Interlogue: Film Evening - No Place Like Home. Return Films in Southeast Europe Mirko Milivojevi : Negotiating Home and Homecoming in Recent Post-Yugoslav Literature Ivana Paji : Die (Re-)Semiotisierung von Herkunftsräumen in den Werken von deutschschreibenden Autor*innen mit Wurzeln aus dem Raum des ehemaligen Jugoslawiens Aleksandra ukanec : Sprache und Identität von Kroat*innen in Österreich:Burgenlandkroat*innen vs. (Trans)Migrant*innen Blertë Ismajli : Zwischen Emigration und Remigration Chancen für die deutsche Sprache in Kosovo Zaira Tiziana Lofranco : Leaving without Returning? On New Bosnian Labour Emigration and
Changing Economics of Transnational Living Jana Stöxen : Parcels, Pills, and Pufulei: Remittances as Transnational Strategy of Migration Between the Republic of Moldova and Germany Nilay Klnç : Deportation of the Second-Generation Turkish Migrants from Germany to Turkey: Reflections on Citizenship and (Non-) Belonging
Mila Maev : Transnationalism and Elderly Left Behind in Bulgaria Rozita Dimova : Epilogue: The EU and the Balkans: A Game of Power and Duplicity. The Final Panel Discussion Sara Mareni : Conference Report