Migrant
Knowledge

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

Meet our Network

Philipp Eigenmann

Head of Research and Lecturer

Switzerland

| Political Culture

| Young Migrants

see profile

Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann

Associate Professor

USA

| forced migration

| material culture

see profile

Sarah Earnshaw

Postdoctoral Fellow

USA

| environment

| forced migration

see profile

Casey Sutcliffe

Editor

USA

| (cross) borders

| translation

see profile

Halyna Leontiy

Postdoctoral Fellow

Germany

| Identity and Belonging

| Transit

see profile

Christiane Reinecke

Professor for Modern History

Germany

| (cross) borders

| class/race/gender

| experts

see profile

Recent Features

Examines knowledge that radio programs made for Greek guest workers in West Germany conveyed and their role in creating an emotional community.

For Their Ears Only: Migrant Knowledge in the Greek Radio Programs for Gastarbeiter in West Germany

Mar 20, 2023

Maria Adamopoulou

Examines ways migrants in this caravan utilized legacy and social media to coordinate and organize the journey, as well as how these media are changing migrant paradigms.

The 2018 Central American Migrant Caravan: Migrant Knowledge Circulation in Digital Media Platforms

Jan 31, 2023

Antonio Romero

Introduces "Auf die Tour!," a book investigating networks of (Jewish) migrant performers and sites of popular entertainment.

Migrant Artists on the Move between Central Europe and the United States around 1900

Jan 17, 2023

Susanne Korbel

Migrant Knowledge

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

Notices and Tips

Here we share a call for applications for the Bucerius Young Scholars Forum at UC Berkeley, GHI Pacific Office, September 2023, as it relates closely to our blog's topic.

Seventh Bucerius Young Scholars Forum—Indigenous Migration

Mar 16, 2023

Nino Vallen

Presents the motivation for GHI's spring lecture series on climate mobilities with abstracts of the lectures.

GHI Lecture Series—Moving Out of Harm’s Way: Historical Perspectives on Climate-related Mobilities

Feb 24, 2023

Nino Vallen
Casey Sutcliffe

A roundup of recent network news, upcoming events, calls for papers and applications with upcoming deadlines, conference reports, and relevant publications.

#MigKnow Notes 16

Feb 17, 2023