Przegląd Socjologiczny t. 60 z. 1/2011

The articles presented in this volume have been based on the projec:Euroidentities – The Evolution of European Identity: Using biographical methods to study the development of European Identity (started March 2008 through February 2011 under the first Framework 7 SSH-2007-5.2.1). The project team consisted of scholars coming from seven academic centers: Queens University, Belfast – UK, University of Magdeburg – Germany, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Bulgaria, Tallinn University of Technology – Estonia, Federico II’ University, Naples – Italy, University of Łódź – Poland, Bangor University – Wales. The findings come from biographical narrative interviews collected and analyzed by each team during numerous workshops. The main aim of the project was to gain insights into the lives of European citizens and the significance of ‘Europe’ in their narratives.

Editorial .................... 7 Robert Miller, Fritz Schütze - The Evolution of European Identity: Using biographical methods to study the development of European Identity ........................... 9 Anja Schröder-Wildhagen, Fritz Schütze - How to deal with autobiographical narrative interviews in the Euroidentity Research Project.............................. 41 Marta Eichsteller - International Pathfinders: the biographical dimensions of internationalisation of higher education ....................... 93 Lena Inowlocki, Gerhard Riemann - A Biographical Perspective on Youth Exchange and Related Processes................................ 115 Kaja Kaźmierska, Andrzej Piotrowski, Katarzyna Waniek - Biographical consequences of working abroad in the context of European mental space ...................139 Antonella Spanó, Pasquale Muse11a, Elisabetta Perone - Gender and mobility in Europe: some reflections from three Italian cases......................159 Markieta Domecka - Diversity of perspectives on Europe: ambiguities around the distinction between the 'internal' and the 'external' .............................................185 Rumiana J e l e v a, Mariana Draganova - Identity Development in Small Ethnic Communities in Bulgaria....................................201 Antonella Spanó, Ulrike Nagel, Pasquale Musella, Elisabetta Perone - From Europe to Europeans and beyond. Meanings of Europe through people's biographical experiences..................................217