VIRTUAL EXCHANGE

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: EUROPEAN MIGRATION AND THE REMAKING OF THE AMERICAS IN THE LONG 19TH CENTURY

This virtual exchange course has explorde transatlantic migration from Europe to the Americas during the long 19th century (ca. 1760–ca. 1914), with a focus on Swiss, Argentinian, and Basque experiences. Students will investigate migrant narratives and voices using digitized and non-digitized archival materials – such as letters, photographs, newspapers, administrative records, and memoirs – and share their findings across borders.

International groups of students from the three participant universities (Bern, Basque Country and Nacional de San Martin) developed during the second term of the 2025/2026 academic year a collaborative research with the aim of creating a podcast in which a topic related to the migratory experience will be explained in both a well based but attractively presented narrative. The première of these podcasts was made within the program of this International Workshop in a dual mode (online and presentially) by the students themselves. The premiere took place on June 25, 2026, in Espinosa de los Monteros, with the participation of the authors either in person or through the virtual videoroom. During the presentation feeback was provided to each group by the professors that led the virtual exchange, as well as by the public and the rest of the students

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GROUP 1: PLACES OF MEMORY OF MIGRATION IN ARGENTINA AND THEIR ROLE IN PAST AND PRESENT

Authors: Jonathan KÄSER, Hannah BRITTON (University of Bern); Xabier BLANCA TORRES, Jon COBOS FERNÁNDEZ, Christian VILLAR CAEIRO, Garazi SÁNCHEZ AMOREBIETA, Beñat SAIZ ZULUAGA (University of the Basque Country)

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GROUP 2: ECONOMIC LINKS

Authors: Emilie THUT, Lamare HEINS, Zoë WIEDMER (University of Bern); Mikel GESTO MIRA, Josu ETXEBARRIA, Ángel ZABALETA RICAURTE (University of the Basque Country).

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GROUP 3:

Authors: Sheila CIPOLLA, Lucía OUTEIRAL IMPOSTI (National University of San Martín); Marina SARANTIDIS, Sandro BOMIO-PACCIORINI (University of Bern); Shian IMAZ APEZETXEA, June FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA, Maialen ZUAZO ALBIZUA (University of the Basque Country).

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GROUP 4: EMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION, AND SPORT

Authors: Tamara PECHYKHVIST (University of Bern); Daríos CRESPO PALOMINO, Maren ESPARTA OLABARRIETA, Estíbaliz VALDIZAN CASTELLANOS, Silvia RAMÍREZ GUTIÉRREZ (University of the Basque Country); Maximiliano MENDOZA (National University of San Martín).

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GROUP 5: EMIGRATION AND WAR

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