Using the example of a group of refugees from Czechoslovakia in Canada during World War II, the author analyzes knowledge transfers through migration and their limitations in changing political and economic environments. Shoes and Guns from Batawa: Refugees from Czechoslovakia, Knowledge Transfers, and Canadian Immigration from the late 1930s to the 1940s Jul 17, 2025 Swen Steinberg
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
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
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
The latest issue of the Bulletin of the German Historical Institute includes an interview with Director Simone Lässig on the research focus "In Global Transit" Simone Lässig Interviewed on “In Global Transit” Research Focus Jul 1, 2022
Categorization schemes are never neutral and rarely comprehensive, but the question of how to handle them is thornier than one might think. How can we question categories and their confining walls given that those same walls also provide shelter? On the Discomfort of Shedding Ill-Fitting Categories Mar 7, 2022 Ulrike Bialas
Wolf Gruner's 2016 monograph is now available in English as 'The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia: Czech Initiatives, German Policies, Jewish Responses.' New Book from the Network: The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia Mar 15, 2020