One to One@MPI-MMG

What do marriage practices among second-generation Nigerians in the U.S. reveal about identity, belonging, and Blackness in the diaspora? Visiting Research Fellow Karen Okigbo sits down with Dr. Johanna Lukate to discuss the intersections of race, migration, and identity making. Together, they explore topics such as the symbolism of hair in marriage, theorising Black heterogeneity, and the ongoing debates around ‘migrantisation’ in Germany. more

Our Postdoc Nicolas Fliess in conversation with Jennifer Elrick, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. more

Our Postdoc Vanessa Rau in conversation with Dagmar Herzog, Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, on Herzog’s newest book “The Question of Unworthy Life” and contemporary Germany as a migration society. more

Our Founding Director Steven Vertovec in conversation with Dan Hiebert, Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of British Columbia, on the world of migration from a policy perspective. more