Museums, Migration and Identity in Europe

Christopher Whitehead is Professor of Museology and a member of Newcastle University's Cultural Affairs Steering Group and the Great North Museum's Board, UK. Rhiannon Mason is Senior Lecturer in Museum, Gallery and Heritage Studies and current Director of the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University, UK. Susannah Eckersley is a Lecturer in Museum, Gallery and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University, UK. Katherine Lloyd is a Research Associate at the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University, UK.

• Introduction; 1: Place, Identity and Migration and European Museums; 2: From Migration to Diversity and Beyond; 3: Re-Placing Europe; 4: Walking the Tightrope between Memory and Diplomacy? Addressing the Post-Second World War Expulsions of Germans in German Museums; 5: The Theme of Migration as a Tool for Deconstructing and Reconstructing Identities in Museums; 6: Negotiating Place, Heritage and Diversity; 7: Destination Tyneside – Stories of Belonging; 8: From Multiculturalism to (Super)diversity; 9: Migrant Memories on Display; 10: Constitutive Others and the Management of Difference; 11: Identity, Complexity, Immigration

’This volume is a timely and welcome contribution to the growing literature on the role of museums representing migration. With essays blending theory and practice, and a focus on place and belonging, it offers insights into the politics of representation and the conceptualisation of place and identity in European museums - and beyond. It is a valuable resource to anyone working on these issues.’ Laurence Gouriévidis, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France ’Migration has emerged as one of the most productive areas for museum studies in recent years. This is not only because of the increase in numbers of museums about migration but also because these have the potential to raise far-reaching questions about the role of museums in contemporary society. Through its wide range of case studies from Europe, this volume makes a significant contribution to highlighting the diversity of cases and of approaches taken, as well as to how we might analyse such museums.’ Sharon Macdonald, University of York, UK