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Sixth International Finnish Oral History Network Symposium

Two weeks ago I participated in The Sixth International Finnish Oral History Network symposium: Fragile Memories: Doing Oral History with Vulnerable Narrators, which took place in Helsinki. I presented there our Network and my preliminary findings with regard to the research on Polish Children Born of War and taboo. For me it was also very interesting to listen other researcher’s stories about their struggles with various difficulties, successes and limitations in oral histor

Sixth International Finnish Oral History Network Symposium

Michal Korhel Receives Student Prize of the Rector

Last week, ESR Michal Korhel received the Student Prize of the Rector, of the University of J. E. Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem, for his research on children born of mixed Czech-German relationships in the post-WWII Czech society. He gained third place for outstanding achievements in research, development, artistic or other creative activities. (© UJEP)

Michal Korhel Receives Student Prize of the Rector

Evening of lectures and panel discussion on Occupation Children in Austria

On November 17, 2016, an evening of lectures and a panel discussion on Occupation Children in Austria was held at the picturesque Trautenfels Castle in Styria, Austria. The aim was to discuss parameters that are crucial for the often difficult biographies of these Children Born of War and their lengthy search for their paternal roots. It should also offer the possibility for Occupation Children as well as the second generation to get to know each other and exchange their expe

Evening of lectures and panel discussion on Occupation Children in Austria

Sensemaker project on CBOW in Vietnam

In August 2016, Sabine Lee and Bob McKelvey made a preparatory visit to Vietnam to prepare the Wellcome Trust-funded pilot project on Vietnamericans in Vietnam and in the US. With the help of a US-based organisation Amerasians Without Borders, they located many Amerasians who are still living in Vietnam and they visited several of them and their families in and around Ho Chi Minh City. The visit also facilitated making contact with the University of Social Sciences and Humani

Sensemaker project on CBOW in Vietnam

Data Analysis Workshop of Child Marriage Project at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada

A workshop for data analysis on child marriage among Syrian Girls in Lebanon took place at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada at the end of October, set up by CHBOW partner Dr. Susan Bartels. It was the first meeting of all researchers involved in the project, since data collection was carried out in Lebanon this summer, including ESR Sophie Roupetz. The World Bank Group / Sexual Violence Research Initiative-funded project collected more than 1,400 stories from u

Data Analysis Workshop of Child Marriage Project at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada

CBOW Fellow Researcher's Stay in Uganda

Saskia Mitreuter, member of the European Union’s Marie Curie Initial Training Network, “Children born of war – past, present and future project,” from the University of Leipzig, went on a 5-weeks-research stay with the Center for Children in Vulnerable Situations (CCVS) and the University of Gent to different cities in Uganda. Saskia spent almost two weeks with the CCVS in Lira, whose goal is to provide psychosocial activities and help to individuals and groups in communities

CBOW Fellow Researcher's Stay in Uganda

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