在这篇文章里,我从自身的经验出发,谈了一些关于散居遗产影响冲突的研究案例。谈到遗产和散居,我本人便是个散居者。我在汉诺威长大,小时候那里还是西德的一部分,但是从1963年起我就在美国生活了。我和我的妻子用英语交流,但是我跟孩子们说德语,他们都是在我进入美国很久之后出生的。今天,我住在一座新英格兰小镇热闹的历史街区上(Leverett,2009),这里与马萨诸塞州的阿姆赫斯特 In this article, I set out from my own experience and talked about some of the research on the impact of diasporas on conflict. When it comes to heritage and diaspora, I myself am a diaspora. I grew up in Hanover and as a kid I was part of West Germany, but I’ve been living in the United States since 1963. My wife and I communicate in English, but I speak German to children, all of whom were born long after I entered the United States. Today, I live in the lively historic district of a New England town (Leverett, 2009), here with Amherst, Massachusetts