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Žumberak: A Sixteenth-Century Refugee Settlement Zone, Nicholas J. Miller
Žumberak: A Sixteenth-Century Refugee Settlement Zone, Nicholas J. Miller
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
This article examines the movement of Orthodox Christian refugees from Bosnia to the Habsburg Monarchy in the 1530s and their settlement in a district called Žumberak. The movement of these Uskoks has never been examined in the context of refugee studies. This study of a refugee movement and settlement over a five-century period offers the possibility of reaching a better understanding of the long-term outcome of refugee movements. Ultimately, this article suggests that the refugees affected the land they settled as much as the settlement zone affected them, and that, in this case, the refugees were able to define their …
The Muslim Refugee Family: On The Way To Citizenship, Heidi Naylor
The Muslim Refugee Family: On The Way To Citizenship, Heidi Naylor
English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations
In the spring of 2001, just before the world went post-9/11, my husband approached me about hosting an Afghan refugee family of four. I was hesitant. But my reservations-lice, tuberculosis, the loss of solitude-seem petty and insulting now. In the end, they were out-weighed by his enthusiasm.