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Conférence exceptionnelle de Dirk Hoerder, professeur d’histoire émérite, Arizona Sate University, animée par Nancy Green, directrice d’études à l’EHESSLe Jeudi 16 Février 2012, 18:30Mass and individual migrations over timeMigrations have shaped human history. People in the past were highly mobile as – first topic – macro-regional migrations and connections around 700-1300 CE show, whether in China, Africa, or the Americas. Everyday mobility was equally high as cases from Europe show; long-distance connectivity involved the whole of France.Agency and power in migration processesWhy, we ask next, did people decide to migrate? Or: why were they migrated, why were forced migrations imposed on men and women? Some left dire circumstances or “known impossibilities”, for known or expected possibilities. Others, with no intention to move, were captured and shipped off, across the Atlantic for example. Again others were forced to become refugees by religious intolerance, war-mongering, or other violence. How did they reestablish lives?Lire la suite : http://www.histoire-immigration.fr/2011/8/cultures-in-contact&#160;&#160;