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Call: “Knowledge on the Move: Information Networks during and after the Holocaust”

July 20, 2021

The Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute Washington and the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research invite proposals for their joint workshop: “Knowledge on the Move: Information Networks during and after the Holocaust.”

Application Deadline: September 15, 2021

Workshop Dates: April 4–5, 2022

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