2025

This workshop seeks to explore the dual nature of port cities as both physical and symbolic points of passage. With presentations on the history of Dakar, Hamburg, Philadelphia, and Tokyo, among others, we will examine how these locations facilitated not only the movement of goods and people but also the shifting dynamics of power, culture, and identity in the last two centuries.

11.4.2025, 9.00–18.30, Mittelstrasse 43, Room 22

If you would like to receive the pre-circulated papers, please send an email to agnes.gehbald@unibe.ch.

Mehdi Sahebi, selbst in den 1980er-Jahren aus dem Iran in die Schweiz geflohen, begleitete geflüchtete Menschen aus Afghanistan und dem Iran in ihrem Alltag in der Schweiz. Die eigene Geschichte des Filmemachers, seine Sprachkenntnisse und sein langjähriges Engagement ermöglichten ihm dabei einen intimen und zugleich humorvollen Zugang.

28.2.2025, 17.30-20.00, Unitobler, Raum F013

with Prof. Shahram Khosravi, Stockholm University

This workshop reflects on ethnographic explorations of the “after” in migration, deportation and border studies. Discussing alternative futures in these fields requires critical reflections on exile, home, hope and integration. Through engaging critically with borders, bordering practices and in-group/out-group categorizations, the workshop brings together ethnographic studies that explore hindrances to future-making, ways of living, connectivities and solidarities across the borders.

20.2.2025, 10.00-16.00, UniS, Room A-124

To register and receive the workshop materials, please write a short email to Moslem Ghomashlouyan.