DIGITAL MSA (dMSA)

Dear MSA Members,

The MSA announces a call for proposals for the dMSA online events for the academic year 2025/2026

dMSA is the MSA’s online events – roundtables and dialogues – devoted to current discussions in memory studies. Thanks to the MSA’s social media and online channels, they reach a large audience within the Association and beyond. We are open to all memory-related issues and to proposals for events. Especially welcome are proposals including the participation of researchers and practitioners, and concerning one of the following fields.

• memory studies and environmental/ecological challenges
• memory scholars responding to current wars and conflicts
• decolonizing memory
• reflections on memory and democracy
• memory studies in the age of populism
• reflections on memory regions and regional memory studies
• new methodological approaches in memory studies
• memory studies and artificial intelligence

For the academic year 2025/2026, we accept proposals from all MSA members. Submissions should include:

• Suggested date of the event (from September 2025 to June 2026)
• Preliminary title with a short (ca. 150-300 words) description of the topic
• Short (ca. 100-150 words) bios of the panellists and the convenor

Rules:

• organizers of dMSA sessions should be members of the MSA
• dMSA does not accept individual paper proposals

We aim to have fruitful discussions that are inspiring for the MSA community. Therefore, we offer support in organizing the event via our Teams account, streaming it on our YT channel, which currently has almost 600 subscribers, and announcements via our social media, reaching several thousand observers. Cooperation with other institutions is possible.

Please submit the proposals to dMSA@memorystudiesassociation.org by May 31, 2025 for events taking place between September 2025 and December 2025, and by September 30, for events between January 2026 and June 2026.

Scroll down to see our upcoming and past events!