Conference

Families in Transit: Child-bearing, Child-rearing and Inheritance during Displacement

Date: Wednesday 21 September 2022 - Friday 23 September 2022
Location: Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden
Room: First meeting in Room #123

“Vinok,” by Veronika Psotková|Suspended above Dlouhá Street in Prague Dedicated to mothers impacted by the war in Ukraine

A conferenced organized by Dr. Sarah A. Cramsey

Generously supported by the De Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW)
All talks open to the public unless otherwise indicated

Questions? Email s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Programme

Keynote Address: 16:30-17:45 | Lipsius Building, Room #123
***Dinner by invitation at Restaurant Tabu to follow Keynote Address***

16:30:

Between migration and persecution, the role of family ties in the trajectories of Jews facing the Shoah
Claire Zalc
With a response by Sarah A. Cramsey

Conference Presentations| 9:00-17:00 | Verbarium Room, Vrieshof Building #3

9:00	Some welcoming thoughts, Sarah A. Cramsey
9:15	First Panel, chaired by John-Harmen Valk Intercountry adoption Marlou Schrover Monitoring marriage and inheritance of Judean families in the Babylonian exile (c. 570–470BCE) Caroline Waerzeggers Divided families and a “flickering: diaspora: Ukrainian war refugees in the EU Valeria Korablyova
11:00	Second Panel, chaired by Joel Bordeaux How families navigate statelessness: Examples from the Nansenists in the era of the World Wars Ismee Tames Witnessing the Recovery: Storytelling and Family Building, from Belsen to Ireland Mary Fraser Kirsh Debating Agency & Vulnerability: A Gendered Look at Displaced Persons in Post-War Austria Franziska Lamp
12:45	Lunch on site
13:30	Third Panel, chaired by Tom-Eric Krijger The True, The Good, and the Spiteful: (Un)Settled Families Adnan Mahmutović Meanings and Manifestations of the Family in Post-WWII Recuperative Holidays for Children Lorrainee McEvoy
15:00	Fourth Panel, chaired by Sarah A. Cramsey Charting the impact of colonization and historical trauma within Indigenous families Melissa Walls Citizenship and family under apartheid in Palestine Bassel Akar

Keynote Address
17:30-19:30 | Orangery at the Leiden Botanical Garden
(17:30 doors open and welcome drink, 18:00 talk begins, 19:00 reception )
***RSVP to s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl required for this talk***
***Dinner by invitation at Orangery to follow Reception***

18:00

Endogamy and Displacement: historical and contemporary challenges
Ab de Jong
With a response by Corey Williams

Conference Presentations | 9:00-12:00 | Verbarium Room, Vrieshof Building #3

9:00	Fifth Panel, chaired by Nadia Kreeft Greek Civil War Refugees and their Families in Czechoslovakia Kateřina Králová Taking Care of Others and the Self through Islamic Funeral Service in Berlin Barış Ülker Diaper Trouble: Capturing Family Creation in Transit, Diaspora and Beyond Sarah A. Cramsey
11:00	An hour long conversation to discuss what we learned and what comes next