Description: "The seminar "Peace, Migration, and Democratic Development in Europe" is inspired and based on the EU Peace forerunner seminar "Migration and Health in the European Union and Turkey," which Prof. Ilgit from Cukurova U. and Dr. Krannich from JLU Giessen did in the summer semester 2025. This seminar should deepen the insights of the forerunner project and enlarge the geographical scope of peace, migration, and democratic development above Germany and Turkey, and include developments in Italy and Spain as well. While we investigated the nexus of migration and health in the first seminar, this seminar focuses particularly on the interrelations of peace, migration, and democratic development by addressing the question of how migrants in European countries can contribute to the development of peace and democracy in their European countries of residence as well as of origin. In a comparative perspective, we look at how Turkish, Spanish, and Italian migrants engage in integration processes in Germany, and Moroccan migrant organizations in Spain promote peace and democracy in the Maghreb region. In addition, we examine how African migrants in Italy push asylum policies in Italy and promote peace in sub-Saharan Africa, and Syrian refugees in Turkey try to help to rebuild Syria through transnational networks in Istanbul and Ankara. The seminar should improve knowledge about issues of peace, migration, and democracy, and contribute to a better understanding of European peace policies, and enlarge intercultural competences and English skills of students and future teachers (particularly regarding terminologies, categories, and concepts of peace and democracy)."
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