A book for children about young refugees in New York was rooted in real experiences. Its author's eye for children's agency can help us to understand refugee children as go-betweens in wartime New York. Young Refugees and Knowledge in New York during World War II: The Example of Babette Deutsch’s ‘The Welcome’ Aug 17, 2020 Swen Steinberg
How to name people who move their lives across borders willingly or under duress? Eliyana Adler discusses 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
A roundup of recent work, relevant publications, resources, and calls for papers related to migrant knowledge. #MigKnow Notes 15 Dec 19, 2022
Visual and auditory metaphors shape the historiography of encounter, including research on translators in nineteenth-century Alaska. Metaphors and the Historiography of Encounter Nov 19, 2021 Luise Fast