History, Memory and Migration: Perceptions of the Past and the Politics of Incorporation Book

Acknowledgements vii

Foreword Jay Winter viii

Notes on Contributors xii

Introduction

1 The Memory and Migration Nexus: An Overview Irial Glynn J. Olaf Kleist 3

Part I Migrant Memories

2 Cultures of History: The New Left, South Asians, and Historical Memory in Post-War England Kevin Myers 33

3 'I am also a Foreigner, but with Me it's Different': Polish Displaced Persons, War Memory and Ethnification in Belgium Machteld Venken 49

4 Using History to Relate: How Teenagers in Germany Use History to Orient between Nationalities Josefine Raasch 68

Part II Memories in Diverse Societies

5 Caught between Two Worlds: The Europeans of Algeria in France after 1962 Michèle Banssant 87

6 Remembering Egypt: Evangelicals, Conservatism and Immigration in America Hans Leaman 106

7 Past Migrations, Contemporary Representations and Complex Multicultures in London Mary J. Hickman 138

8 African Asylum Seekers and the Changing Politics of Memory in Israel Moriel Ram Haim Yacobi 154

Part III Migration Memories and the State

9 Famine Commemorations and Asylum Debates, in Ireland Conflated Irial Glynn 173

10 Migrant Incorporation and Political Memories: Transformations of Civic and Communal Belonging in Australia since 1949 J. Olaf Kleist 189

11 Songs for the Nation: Migrant Pasts and Global Futures in Singapore Kelvin E.Y. Low 214

Conclusion

12 History, Memory and Migration: Comparisons, Challenges and Outlooks Irial Glynn J. Olaf Kleist 237

Index 245