Historicizing the Migration / Antigender-nexus

This workshop explores the historical links between migration and anti-gender politics. It examines how concerns about migration, population change, urban growth, and social transformation have often been connected to fears about changing gender roles, women’s autonomy, sexuality, family life, and reproduction. Rather than focusing only on contemporary debates, the workshop adopts a long-term historical perspective to investigate how migration has repeatedly been portrayed as a challenge to social stability, traditional family structures, and established gender norms. By bringing together scholars from different disciplines, the workshop aims to deepen our understanding of the historical roots of current migration and gender backlashes and to explore how these issues have evolved across different periods and contexts.