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The following article presents a collection of synopses of recent research trends and innovative concepts from the fields of Jewish, cultural, and migration studies that help to broaden and nuance our understanding not only of Jewish history, but also of contemporary debates on migration in Austria and beyond. Tim Corbett opens with a brief critique of the “assimilation” paradigm in Jewish historiography and a survey of the current state of the field. Caroline Kita continues with a discussion of the concept of Jewish difference and how constructed cultural differences are instrumentalized in the field of art and literature. Following this, Susanne Korbel discusses the concepts of indifference and similarity to show how scholarship is delving beyond hegemonic discourses of constructed difference. Klaus Hödl continues with a discussion on interaction and meaningful contacts, fleshing out the widespread impact of everyday encounters that have largely been missed in historiography to date. Finally, Corbett, Korbel, and Dirk Rupnow close with a discussion of migration and integration in the context of postwar Austria, thereby highlighting contemporary political discourses that continue to resonate with the Jewish past. It is our hope that this discussion will contribute to a more critical engagement with the interplay between Jewish history and “general” European history as well as between the European past with regard to cultural inclusion and exclusion and present European discourses on migration and "integration". Accepted version |
