Migrant
Knowledge

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

Meet our Network

Sebastian Musch

Research Fellow

Germany

| forced migration

| religion

see profile

Vladislava Maria Warditz

Institut für Slavistik / Slavische Sprachwissenschaft

Germany

| identity and belonging

| translation

see profile

Levke Harders

Professor

Austria

| (cross) borders

| class/race/gender

see profile

Kevin Ostoyich

Associate Professor

USA

| identity and belonging

| transpacific

see profile

Julie M. Weise

Associate Professor

USA

| labor

| political culture

see profile

Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky

Assistant Professor

USA

| forced migration

| identity and belonging

see profile

Recent Features

Discusses the way Ecuadorian elites presented themselves at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the world, focusing on strategies to attract European and American migrants and minimize the perception of Indigenous populations and disease.

Importing “Civilization”: Ecuadorian Elites’ National Representation Strategies and Immigration Promotion at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition

Jan 3, 2025

Erika Rosado Valencia

Describes the subgroup of migrants called “third culture kids,” the adjustments they go through, and some knowledge-based implications.

Third Cultures—The (Cursed) Gold of Migrants?

Dec 16, 2024

Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld

Reflects on the author's own experience as a researcher and theories such as “situated knowledge,” and “relational accountability,” emotional labor feminist standpoint theory to elucidate how researchers can produce knowledge that reflects the meaningful connections and stories they encountered in the course of their research journey.

Navigating the Personal in Migration Research

Nov 8, 2024

Ecem Nazlı Üçok

Migrant Knowledge

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

Notices and Tips

Roundup of calls for papers, submissions, conference reports, new publications relevant to Migrant Knowledge.

#MigKnow Notes 19

May 29, 2024

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