Migrant
Knowledge

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

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Meet our Network
German Historical Institute Washington
USA
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Joela Jacobs
Assistant Professor
USA
| environment
| identity and belonging
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Florian Wagner
Assistant Professor
Germany
| (cross) borders
| forced migration
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Simone Laqua-O'Donnell
Lecturer
UK
| religion
| young migrants
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Laura Stielike
postdoctoral researcher
Germany
| archive and memory
| class/race/gender
| experts
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Joseph Malherek
Postdoctoral Researcher
USA
| experts
| transit
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Recent Features

Presents testimonies of Nazi atrocities by witnesses who were interviewed by refugees in Sweden to show the epistemic value of emotions in analyses of knowledge circulation.

Suffering, Displacement, and the Circulation of Knowledge about Nazi Atrocities

Aug 27, 2024
Victoria Van Orden Martínez
 
Presents the arguments from Stielike's longer German work on the politics of knowledge production in Migration Studies, examining 3 distinct types of migration research.

The Politics of Knowledge Production in Migration Studies

Jun 18, 2024
Laura Stielike
 
Looks at the ethnic, cultural, and economic factors that drove the development of Wurstfest, one of the biggest German ethnic festivals in the United States.

Wurstfest: A Culinary, Cultural, and Economic Masterpiece

May 30, 2024
Aiden Maliskas and Mark McShane
 
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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

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
 
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