Migration Ulrike Krampl Editor

The topic of migration is dominating current political debates, yet historical depth is often completely lacking. A transepochal perspective can show that mobility is constitutive for all human societies. This issue places gender-specific aspects, which have been insufficiently researched so far, at the center of investigation. The chosen approach allows migration to be characterized as a historically diverse and multifaceted phenomenon - beyond the common dichotomous view of supposedly adventurous men and sedentary women. It brings newly into focus reasons, forms, spaces, organizations, and consequences of mobility. The contributions shed light on gender-specific aspects of labor migration, migration policies, and the logics of societies of origin and receiving societies in an intra-European and transatlantic context, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.