Migrant
Knowledge

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

Meet our Network

Erol Yildiz

Professor

Austria

| Identity and Belonging

| Political Culture

| Religion

| Young Migrants

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Sofie Steinberger

Doctoral Candidate

Germany

| (cross) borders

| identity and belonging

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Nicholas B. Miller

Assistant Professor

USA

| experts

| transpacific

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Daniel Bessner

Assistant Professor

USA

| experts

| forced migration

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Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld

Postdoctoral Researcher

Norway

| identity and belonging

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Kevin Ostoyich

Associate Professor

USA

| identity and belonging

| transpacific

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Recent Features

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

Interview with Swen Steinberg outlining key achievements of the blog and network Migrant Knowledge since its inception in 2019.

A Journey Worth Knowing About? Interview with Swen Steinberg about the Past Five Years of the Blog Migrant Knowledge

Oct 7, 2024

Viola Alianov-Rautenberg
Swen Steinberg

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