From Experiences to Storytelling of Postmigration

In Person and Online

Event Type Conference
Submission Deadline 30-Apr-2025
Start Date 17-Sep-2025
End Date 19-Sep-2025
City and Country Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Website https://sites.uclouvain.be/narramuse/en/upcoming-events/
Organized by University Catholique de Louvain

Developed and promoted by the German-speaking academic community, frequently mobilized by Anglophone and Scandinavian scholars, yet less used in Francophone and Italophone research, the concept of postmigration marks a significant shift in migration discourses. By dissolving the binary opposition between migrants and non-migrants, it allows immigration to be regarded as an intrinsic component of European societies. The conference “From Experiences to Storytelling of Postmigration” aligns with this ongoing epistemological and analytical transformation. It aims to explore how postmigration thinking is reshaping the narratives that can be written, spoken, or reconstructed from migration-related experiences. The conference will examine the stances, strategies, frameworks, and narrative content which emerge from the challenges, negotiations, conflicts, and alliances arising within European societies facing the diversity implied by migration.