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Berlin-based Journalist to Kick Off Immigration Speaker Series

Moritz Schuller, a politics editor in Germany, will discuss Europe's immigration challenges Oct. 26

How has the unprecedented number of refugees in Germany influenced its domestic politics? How has the intake of more than 1 million refugees in 2015 influenced Germany鈥檚 relationships with its neighbors in the European Union? And how can the humanities help illuminate the challenges of contemporary migration?  

A new speaker series organized by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature will address these questions. The first speaker will be Moritz Schuller, political editor of the Berlin-based newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. : 鈥淕ermany and the Refugees,鈥 will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, in 103 Carr.

鈥淪chuller is a great candidate for the series because he covers German and European political development in Berlin, a focal point for a lot of the immigration challenges, and will be able to speak adequately about the German response to the refugee crisis,鈥 said Jakob Norberg, assistant professor of Germanic languages and literature, who is organizing the series.

Norberg said Schuller will also discuss how Germany鈥檚 intake of over 1 million refugees in 2015 might have contributed to the United Kingdom鈥檚 recent departure from the EU.

鈥淚mmigration is an important and controversial topic on both sides of the Atlantic. It is affecting and shaping political debates and elections in Germany, the U.S., and other European countries. It鈥檚 an immensely significant issue of our time,鈥 Norberg said.

The series will focus primarily on how immigration is being handled by Germany but should be of broader interest as well.

 鈥淚t is a chance for those who are interested in U.S. politics to acquire a sense of how the debate surrounding immigration is being handled in Europe,鈥 he said.

The Duke German Humanities & Migration Series will extend through the spring semester. The next speaker will be European immigration historian Rita Chin, from the University of Michigan.

The series is funded by , an initiative of Duke鈥檚 Franklin Humanities Institute.