About the Author

Jan Musekamp is currently a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He previously taught Eastern European History at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany. His first book focused on forced migrations and cultural appropriation in the Polish border city of Szczecin between 1945 and 2005. His most current research project deals with the global migrations of Ukraine's German speakers, unfolding in a time of drastically changing migration policies and shifting ideas of borders, race, and belonging.