Episode 20, Refugee Histories in East-Central Europe in the 20th Century, Gast: Michal Frankl

Episode 20, Refugee Histories in East-Central Europe in the 20th Century, Gast: Michal Frankl

From Transit. Der Podcast zur Migrationsgeschichte by transitzeitgeschichte

October 15, 2025 · 34 min · Season 2 · Episode 22

About this episode

Michal Frankl discusses his research on refugees and stateless spaces in East-Central Europe during the 20th century.

In the 20th episode of the migration history podcast “Transit”, Michal Frankl talks with Franziska Lamp-Miechowiecki about results from his recently finished ERC-project “Unlikely Refuge. Refugees and Citizens in East-Central Europe in the 20th century” as well as about his previous research on the role of “stateless spaces” and the experience of the “no man’s land” in East-Central European border regions in the late 1930s. Frankl also discusses his research on post-communist refugee policies in the 1990s as well as his more recent endeavours in the field of citizen-science to create archives by and about migrants and refugees.

People in this episode

Host: Franziska Lamp-Miechowiecki

Guest: Michal Frankl

Topics covered

  • refugee histories
  • East-Central Europe
  • 20th century
  • stateless spaces
  • post-communist policies
  • citizen-science
  • migrants and refugees

Keywords

  • refugees
  • East-Central Europe
  • ERC project
  • stateless spaces
  • post-communist policies
  • citizen-science
  • migrants
  • no man's land

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ERC

Places: East-Central Europe, East-Central European border regions

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