Migrant
Knowledge

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

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Meet our Network
Tim Epkenhans
Adjunct Professor
Germany
| (cross) borders
| religion
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Philipp Strobl
Assistant Professor
Germany
| forced migration
| transit
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Julie M. Weise
Associate Professor
USA
| labor
| political culture
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Stefan Zeppenfeld
Doctoral Candidate
Germany
| (cross) borders
| labor
see profile
Martin Kalb
Assistant Professor
USA
| political culture
| young migrants
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Philipp Eigenmann
Senior Teaching and Research Assistant
Switzerland
| political culture
| young migrants
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Recent Articles

This article highlights aspects of children's go-between role in Chile not visible in histories of European migrants to the United States. German schools and teachers posted from Germany play a role in this multigenerational story.

Routes of Knowledge: Growing up German in Chile, 1900–50

Aug 7, 2020
H. Glenn Penny
 
Introduction to a blog miniseries about children and youth as go-betweens in migration contexts, whether young people have migrated or knowledge itself: "Go-Betweens: A Miniseries on Youth, Migration, and Knowledge Transfer."

Knowledge and the Agency of Children in Migration Contexts

Aug 5, 2020
Simone Lässig
 
Discusses the significance of the diverse terms contemporaries used to identify the various groups of Polish Jews who survived World War II as refugees in the Soviet Union.

What’s in a Name? How Titles Construct and Convey Knowledge about Migrants

Jun 18, 2020
Eliyana R. Adler
 
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Migrant Knowledge

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

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Notices and Tips

Ben Nobbs-Thiessen' monograph, 'Landscape of Migration: Mobility and Environmental Change on Bolivia's Tropical Frontier, 1952 to the Present,' is now available at UNC Press. Check out his recent interviews with Elena McGrath and Steven Hyland too.

News from the Network: Landscape of Migration

Jul 9, 2020
 
The latest installment of related news and tips: An updated call, a podcast, and three conference reports, including one that discusses knowledge as a resource.

#MigKnow Notes 9

May 19, 2020
 
This note offers a brief update on how we post news. It also invites readers to contribute their related announcements and tips.

Editors’ Note

May 18, 2020
 
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