Women who have migrated to and within Europe have shaped societies: as workers, caregivers, activists, and in many other ways.
With the launch of a new online platform, the “Female Labor Migration in European History” project aims to invite people to rediscover European history from their perspective and to reflect on public memory.
The platform makes personal stories of migration, work, and everyday life accessible and, by offering a behind-the-scenes look, shows how these testimonies came to be and how public history approaches can help make these experiences more visible. It was created as a collaborative project involving migrant women*, museums, researchers, artists, and activists from across Europe. Drawing on the personal testimonies gathered on the platform, the event’s participants will examine continuities and processes of change in female* labor migration from the 20th century to the present. In addition, methodological and ethical questions related to the representation of personal life stories and social contexts in public memory will be discussed.
The event is part of the European project “Female Labor Migration in European History” (FeMig.Lab). Curators and panelists: Ban Ying, Center for the History of Migrants in the Lower Countries, Ethnographic Museum of Istria; Gabriela Nicolescu, Humanity in Action Poland; LVR Industrial Museums; Minor Kontor; Red Star Line Museum; Ruhr Museum.
Dates
August 2026
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