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Co-published with the Waterloo Centre for German Studies For centuries, large numbers of German-speaking people have emigrated from settlements in Europe to other countries and continents. In German Diasporic Experiences: Identity, Migration, and Loss, more than forty international contributors describe and discuss aspects of the history, language, and culture of these migrant groups, individuals, and their descendants. Part I focuses on identity, with essays exploring the connections among language, politics, and the construction of histories--national, familial, and personal--in German-spea

The construction of the diasporic identity is inextricably linked to the collective memory of home culture: its geography, history, traumatic experiences, and achievements. This paper tackles the effect of trans-generational trauma, diaspora, and collective memories on the second generation of diasporic individuals as represented in selected poems by the Palestinian-American poet Hala Alyan. It traces the development of her exilic identity through the analysis of selected poems by her, written over different periods of time. The poems have been chosen from Alyan's volumes: Atrium (2012), Hijra (2016), the Twenty Ninth Year (2019), and an individual poem published in (2020). The paper examines some significant concepts such as: diaspora, trans-generational trauma, displacement, and home-seeking. The paper argues that trans-generational experiences and collective memories can affect the formation of the identity of second-generational immigrants. It contends that what happened in the past will affect the subsequent generations, and they will permanently be haunted by it.

Istanbul is the biggest Kurdish city. This fact, which might look controversial on the first sight, is the outcome of different waves of Kurdish migration to one of the biggest cities in Turkey – a country been direct perpetrator of these migrations. Kurdish migration to Istanbul is very diverse and has created many different experiences of the city. The article will focus on an intellectual Kurdish Istanbul, created and experienced by self-identified Kurdish Istanbulites, who engage with their identity in an intellectual and Kurdophile way.

Racial consciousness, defined as the dialectical result of tensions & struggles between two or more socially constructed "racial" groups, has been greatly undertheorized in the literature on the African diaspora & social movements in general. As a mode of being & thinking, it is a basis for political organization that has not been sufficiently explored by those interested in the intersection of race, class, & culture. Antonio Gramsci's writings are conceptually useful for an understanding of the role of racial consciousness within Afro-diasporic experiences, particularly in conjunction with the writings of several key black intellectuals of this diaspora, & Marxist cultural theorists, eg, Raymond Williams. Gramsci's preoccupation with social being & consciousness, & with methodological criteria for both the study & mobilization of subaltern groups, has many parallels with black intellectuals in the Caribbean, the US, Europe, & Latin America, who have attempted to formulate & activate counterhegemonic values, beliefs, & practices in relation to the West. 31 References. Modified AA

In this paper, I wish to explore the life in the mid-19th to 20th century in the Durban-based Indian Casbah and its enduring legacy. In exploring the Casbah life in Durban, I wish to pay special attention to the narratives of the people who either were associated with it and had living memories of it, or remember the many stories passed on to them by their families.1 The central question that I explore in analysing these narratives is: does Casbah in the diaspora enable the diasporic community to reconnect with their Indian origins or does it orient them away from the romantic attachment to the places of their origin in India? In other words, is Casbah a symbol of a new settlement in which the diasporic community finds lasting meaning and legacy, or does it evoke memories and myths about their origins in India?