WHAT IS THE MSA?
The Memory Studies Association was launched symbolically at its inaugural conference in Amsterdam (3-5 December 2016). It was legally registered on June, 26, 2017. The MSA aims to be a professional association for Memory Studies scholars, as well as those who are active in museums, memorial institutions, archives, the arts and other fields engaged in remembrance.
RECENT NEWS
Registration now open! Memories of the Future Conference
Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH School of Advanced Study • University of London Memories of the Future International Conference [...]
CfP Translating Cultural Memory in Fiction and Testimony – Memory Studies and Translation Studies in Dialogue
Translating Cultural Memory in Fiction and Testimony – Memory Studies and Translation Studies in Dialogue International Conference Organizers: Claudia Jünke (University of Innsbruck) and Désirée Schyns (Ghent University) [...]
Call for Papers: A crisis in ‘coming to terms with the past’? At the crossroads of translation and memory
A crisis in ‘coming to terms with the past’? At the crossroads of translation and memory 1-2 February 2019 Senate House, London Over the past decade, [...]
Call for Applications: 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Week
Call for Applications 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Week Deadline: November 15, 2018 The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals for its 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary [...]
MEMBERSHIP
Why should you become a paying member of the Memory Studies Association? There are several tangible benefits to membership already available as well as in the works. These include:
- discount on books
- access to members-only materials, including job listings, discussion forums, career advice, teaching resources, reading recommendations and more!
- eligibility to participate in over a dozen MSA Working Groups and MSA regional groups
- participation in the MSA mentorship program, career development events, and methodology workshops
We are very happy to announce that the MSA has reached formal agreement with SAGE and the editors of Memory Studies. Henceforth, the journal will be published in association with the MSA. This means:
- All members of the MSA will receive free access to the Journal through a protected link on the MSA website
- The first issue each year will be a special issue edited by the MSA
- From 2019 there will be an annual SAGE Journal of Memory Studies Outstanding Book Award, presented at the MSA Annual Meeting, for first books authored/co-authored by MSA members
- The Association will award a prize for the best paper presented at the MSA Annual Meetings, with the author’s option to have the paper published in Memory Studies
But, as enticing as these tangible benefits are, the real reason to become a paying member of the Association is that you want it to exist. Like any professional association, the MSA will depend on the support and devotion of its members.
INTERNSHIPS
The Memory Studies Association offers non-remunerated internships to both students and non-students. If you are interested in doing an internship (minimum length: four weeks), please send an e-mail to info@memorystudiesassociation.org with your CV and a short Motivation Letter. Please note that you will work from your residence/university.
SEND US YOUR IDEAS
The MSA and its website are brand new and still being developed. We welcome your input and ideas about how to make this association and its website into great resources on and for memory studies.
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