Migrant
Knowledge

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

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Meet our Network
Christina Philips
Research Fellow
China
| (cross) borders
| archive and memory
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Swen Steinberg
Assistant Professor
Canada
| environment
| young migrants
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Donna R. Gabaccia
Professor
USA / Canada
| Class/Race/Gender
| Identity and Belonging
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Susanne Korbel
Researcher and Lecturer
Austria
| (cross) borders
| identity and belonging
| translation
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Mariko Jacoby
PhD Candidate
Germany
| environment
| experts
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Nick Underwood
Assistant Professor
USA
| archive and memory
| religion
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Recent Features

Explores the life and scientific work of Carl Sartorius (1796–1872), a German émigré who transformed his Veracruz plantation, Hacienda Mirador, into a center of nineteenth-century transatlantic scientific exchange.

Between Mirador and Washington: Carl Sartorius and His Collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution

Nov 28, 2025
Andreas Markus Schurr
 
Philipp Strobl discusses his new book on displaced knowledge of Austrian refugees in Australia.

Displaced Knowledge: Migration, Memory, and Transformation: An Interview by Nikolaus Hagen with Philipp Strobl about His New Book

Aug 28, 2025
Philipp Strobl
Nikolaus Hagen
 
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
 
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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

Mirrors a call for papers for a conference at LUCK Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge from 8-10 October, 2025.

The History of Knowledge Conference at LUCK Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge

Feb 24, 2025
 
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
 
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