Vjeran Pavlaković (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Croatia) will give a talk on “Dalmatians in the Desert: Southeast European Immigrants in Arizona, 1880-1920 “
Time: 4-6 pm
Venue: IOS, Landshuter Str. 4, R 017
Abstract: In his talk, Vjeran Pavlaković will examine the untold story of a group of immigrants who settled in Tucson at the turn of the nineteenth century and whose fates were interwoven into the socio-economic history of both Arizona and their distant homeland on the Adriatic coast. Although considered ‘Austrians’ by the US authorities, they originated from Dalmatia, most notably the city of Dubrovnik and its vicinity. In his presentation, Pavlaković will present the preliminary results of work on his forthcoming book Tucson’s Little Dalmatia: Transnational Migration from Southeastern Europe to the American Southwest, 1880-1920. It uncovers the contributions of this relatively small but influential immigrant community that left its mark on the city of Tucson at a time of its transition from a frontier outpost into a modern American metropolis. The talk will explore issues of migration, white colonialism, national identities, borderland studies, and collective memory that intersects in the American Southwest.
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