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Admittedly, the question sounds a bit like the beginning of a bad joke. But to find out what made the arrival of Turkish and Moroccan guest workers after the Second World War so incredibly exceptional, it is best to compare them with current migrant workers from Eastern Europe. And leave that to migration historian Leo Lucassen (Leiden University)! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week in the University of the Netherlands: Migration historian Prof. Dr. Leo Lucassen Prof. Dr. Leo Lucassen is professor of “Global Labour and Migration History” at Leiden University and research director at the International Institute of Social History. In the always heated debate about migration, Leo Lucassen refers to history: what are the similarities and differences between migration then and now and what can we learn from it? Want to know more? Click here for more information! http://www.universiteitvannederland.n... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About the University of the Netherlands: The best professors in the Netherlands give free lectures on the internet. A new lecture is posted online every working day, and a new professor every week. Attend a recording? You can! Four evenings a month we record lectures in Club AIR, Amsterdam, and you can be there. During such an evening we record five lectures of fifteen minutes, followed by Q&A and meet and greet (because by then the professor will be a rock star). Highly recommended! For tickets and more information ► http://www.universiteitvannederland.n... Check our website! ► http://www.universiteitvannederland.nl/ Twitter ► / universiteitnl Facebook ► / universiteitvannederland