Child Migration and Biopolitics

Beatrice Scutaru is an Assistant Professor in European History at the School of History and Geography within Dublin City University. Her research lies at the intersection between Migration and Childhood studies, with a special focus on the Cold War and Intra-European mobility. Simone Paoli is an Assistant Professor of History of International Relations at the Department of Political Science of the University of Pisa. His research interests focus on the history of European integration and Euro-Mediterranean relations, with an emphasis on education and migration issues.

1. Childhood, Migration and Biopolitics in Modern European History; Part I: Displacement; 2. The Little People of the Exodus. French Children’s Experiences of War Mobility in Spring 1940; 3. The (Bio)Politics of Relief: UN Food Policy Towards Displaced Children in Post-War Germany (1945-49); 4. Catholic Humanitarianism and Transnational Adoptions of Orphaned Indian Youth (Belgium, 1970-1984); 5. “Unaccompanied Children Who Disappear.” Precariously Mobile Children and the Humanitarian Regime of Deportation in Sweden; Part II: Retention; 6. “To Build and Be Built:” Jewish Displaced Children in Post-War Italy, 1943–48; 7. The Never Forgotten Romanian Children. Biopolitics, Humanitarian Aid and International Adoption; 8. Children on the Move in Europe, Between Biopolitics and Human Rights Protection; 9. Imprisoned to “Zoē”: Survival of Unaccompanied and Undocumented Afghan Minors in Istanbul; Part III: Repatriation; 10. The Portuguese State and its Emigrants: Policy and Practices in the Repatriation of Minors; 11. Custody Battles for Unaccompanied Children of Presumed Ukrainian Origin under the UNRRA’s/IRO’s Care, 1945-49; 12. Biopolitics, the State, and Displacements of Children in France between the End of World War II and the Fall of the Empire, 1945-1970; 13. Child Migration Governance as Biopolitics: New Perspectives on Vulnerability and the Child’s Best Interest