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Date(s) - 17/11/2026
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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This seminar explores how values are transmitted and transformed across female generations in migration contexts, asking how and why value orientations change or persist across generations of women.
Value concepts are simultaneously cohesive and exclusionary, universal in their claims yet deeply embedded in cultural contexts.
They define social orders, influence political and economic systems, and permeate everyday life through institutions such as family, religion, and the state.
In recent years, values have become a central topic in social and cultural research, particularly in relation to migration and global humanitarian crises. Migration to Europe has reignited debates around tolerance, equality, freedom, and democratic principles.
About the speaker
Amal S. Sibylle Bosshard is a scholar of Religious Studies holding a Master’s degree from the University of Zurich in Religion and Culture in Contemporary Societies. She is affiliated with the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, contributing to institutional coordination and supporting international student mobility and inter‑ and transcultural competence development.
Her research examines societal structures and social change related to migration, with a regional focus on the Middle East and Switzerland. Her work further investigates value orientations at the intersection of religion, gender, and generation, with particular attention to women and the societal and individual consequences of migration.
Affiliations: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland,
Alumna University of Zurich (UZH), Faculty of Theology and the Study of Religion, Department of Religious Studies
Webinar organised in collaboration with SIETAR Europa SIG (Special Interest Group) on Migration by https://sietar.ch/refugee-support-initiatives/