Migrant
Knowledge

Network and blog for scholarship at the intersection of migration and knowledge studies

Meet our Network

Jan Logemann

Assistant Professor

Germany

| experts

| forced migration

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Dan Thy Nguyen

Director, actor, essayist

Germany

| Archive and Memory

| Political Culture

| Young Migrants

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Michael Goebel

Einstein Professor of Global History

Switzerland

| class/race/gender

| political culture

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The Production of Knowledge on Migration

Research Group

Germany

| class/race/gender

| experts

| translation

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Kijan Espahangizi

Managing Director

Switzerland

| Experts

| Political Culture

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Sören Urbansky

Research Fellow

USA

| Class/Race/Gender

| Transpacific

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Recent Features

Examines the sources of knowledge about the Comanches available to John Meusebach when he sought to make a treaty with them.

Gaining Knowledge about the Comanches: Meusebach’s Path Towards a Notable Treaty

Apr 18, 2024

Abigail Escobedo and Simon Herbert

Weiss introduces a miniseries on German migration to Texas and knowledge transfers that occurred between German settlers and Texans.

‘On to Texas’: An Introduction to the Miniseries on Texas Germans

Apr 4, 2024

Jana Weiss

Describes the Assumptionist and Oblate missions as part of the Mission d'Orient in the Ottoman Empire, focusing on them as a cultural bridge that fostered the exchange of knowledge between East and West.

Cultural Crossroads: The Assumptionists and Their Transnational Exchange in the Ottoman Orient

Feb 6, 2024

Ediz Hazır

Migrant Knowledge

Writing knowledge into the history of migration
and migration into the history of knowledge

Notices and Tips

Call for proposals from the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies for an online source portal called "History of the German-Jewish Diaspora"

Call for Proposals: Online Source Portal ‘History of the German-Jewish Diaspora’

Jan 24, 2024

CfP for Mapping German Film Exile: A Transnational Perspective

CfP: Mapping German Film Exile: A Transnational Perspective

Jan 16, 2024

A roundup of current events, CfPs, conference reports, and new publications, exhibits, projects, and book reviews relevant to Migrant Knowledge.

#MigKnow Notes 18

Jul 28, 2023