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CfP: 2022 MSA Nordic Conference on “Explorations of Counter-Memory”
Call for Papers MSA NordicAnnual Conference 2022 In association with the Centre for Studies in Memory and Literature, University of Iceland "Explorations of Counter-Memory"October 13-14, 2022University of IcelandDeadline: December 1, 2021 Initially conceptualized by Michel [...]
CfA: “Mnemonic migration: transcultural transmission, translation and circulation of memory across and into contemporary Europe”
Call for Abstracts Mnemonic Migration Transcultural transmission, translation and circulation of memory across and into contemporary Europe Conference: Copenhagen, April 28-29, 2022 Deadline for Abstracts: September 26, 2021 This conference aims to [...]
Minutes for the MSA Members meeting & Executive Committee’s July meeting are up!
MSA Members & Executive Commitee Meetings Minutes The minutes for the Executive Committee's (EC) meeting of July 2021 are now available on the EC's page. Click here to see this month's (and past) minutes. You [...]
The University of Virginia/Memory Studies Association Graduate Seminar
The University of Virginia/Memory Studies Association Graduate Seminar The Memory Studies Association is pleased to announce the second installment of the University of Virginia/Memory Studies Association Graduate Seminar. First offered last year, the seminar provides an introduction to [...]
Europe Lab #6 on “Decolonial Encounters”
Workshop & Mini-grants Europe Lab #6 Decolonial Encounters Deadline: July 2, 2021 Every year, Europe Lab brings together young people from over 30 European countries, unlocking opportunities for dialogue and common [...]
Contested Histories Onsite: Lecture & Virtual Tour of Warsaw Uprising Museum
Contested Histories Onsite: Virtual Tour of the Warsaw Uprising Museum July 1st, 16.00-17.30 CEST To whom does history belong? In the midst of Black Lives Matter, colonial history, ongoing debates on the Nazi past, [...]
Minutes for the Executive Committee’s June meeting are up!
Executive Commitee Meeting Minutes The minutes for the Executive Committee's (EC) meeting of June 2021 are now available on the EC's page. Click here to see this month's (and past) minutes. Do you have questions, [...]
Launch & First Workshop of the Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS)
Launch & First Workshop Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS) International Workshop 2021 April 26-30, 2021 First International Workshop The Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS) is happy to announce that [...]
The Regional Group Latin America of the Memory Studies Association in Solidarity with Colombia and Brazil
The Regional Group Latin America of the Memory Studies Association in Solidarity with Colombia and Brazil May 12th, 2021 Read in Spanish here. The Latin American Regional Group of the Memory Studies Association expresses its solidarity [...]
Minutes for the Executive Committee’s May meeting are up!
Executive Commitee Meeting Minutes The minutes for the Executive Committee's (EC) meeting of May 2021 are now available on the EC's page. Click here to see this month's (and past) minutes. Do you have questions, [...]
MSA First Book Award Shortlist Discounts!
MSA First Book Award Shortlist Discount For members of the MSA, we have recently updated the publication discount page. In particular, we can offer discounts on (most) the books shortlisted for the MSA [...]
CfP: MSA Africa Chapter Annual Conference 2021
Call for Abstracts MSA Africa Chapter Annual Conference 2021 "Memory (Studies) in Africa: State of the Field" November 24-25, 2021 Online Conference Deadline: August 30, 2021 How do we represent the [...]
Event Series on “Transitional Justice”
Event Series Transitional Justice Upcoming Panel: Remembering two Dictatorships? The Rivalry of Dealing with the Past in the Baltic States May 11, 2021, 6p.m. UTC+2 The "Transitional Justice" event series organised [...]
Minutes for the Executive Committee’s April meeting are up!
Executive Commitee Meeting Minutes The minutes for the Executive Committee's (EC) meeting of April 2021 are now available on the EC's page. Click here to see this month's (and past) minutes. Do you have questions, [...]
Contested Histories Onsite: The project has kicked off!
Contested Histories Onsite: The project has kicked off! Wherever you go in Europe, you’ll be walking by statues and other landmarks that try to tell you something about the past. But the way in which [...]
PoSoCoMeS Newsletter March 2021
Working Group Newsletter Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies Working Group (PoSoCoMeS) Issue 3, March 2021 The MSA Working Group PoSoCoMeS is happy to announce that the third issue of its newsletter was published [...]
MSA Presidential & Executive Committee 2021 Election Results
Election of Executive Board Members 2021 The online election polls were open from Sunday February 28th, to Sunday March 28th. There were three slates for the EC positions, and active MSA members could vote for up to two candidates [...]
PoSoCoMeS Conference 2023 – Tallinn
Patarei Prison Museum, Tallinn. © Kirsti Jõesalu Maarjamäe Memorial, Tallinn. © Martin Siplane and Estonian Institute of Historical Memory Museum of Freedom (Vabamu), Tallinn. © Ene Kõresaar PoSoCoMeS Conference in September 2023 Save [...]
Presidential & Executive Committee Elections! Coming up on February 28
Presidential & Executive Committee Elections 2021 Dear MSA members,The elections to our association's executive will be taking place as planned this Spring. The election period will begin on 28 February and continue until 28 March. During [...]
Minutes for the Executive Committee’s February meeting are up!
Executive Commitee Meeting Minutes The minutes for the Executive Committee's (EC) meeting of February 2021 are now available on the EC's page. Click here to see this month's (and past) minutes. Do you have questions, [...]
MSA condemns lawsuit against Holocaust historians
Memory Studies Association condemns lawsuit against Holocaust historians Memory Studies Association wyraża dezaprobatę wobec procesu wytoczonego historykom Holokaustu The Memory Studies Association stands for free scholarly inquiry, wherever its results may lead. It [...]
Zumkehr Lectures on Public Memory
Zumkehr Lectures on Public Memory In the Zumkehr Lectures, hosted by the University of Ohio, scholars from a number of disciplines and from all over the world examine the ways in which [...]
Launching: Digital MSA (dMSA)!
Launching dMSA Wednesday November 18, 6pm CET We are going live! The MSA is thrilled to announce a series of online events that will take place approximately once a month. Wednesday November [...]
Postdoctoral researcher ‘Digital Media History – Radio Archives in Central Europe, 1930-1960’
Postdoctoral researcher ‘Digital Media History – Radio Archives in Central Europe, 1930-1960’ Publication date 1 September 2020 Closing date 4 October 2020 Level of education PhD Hours 38 hours per week Salary indication €3,491 to €5,127 gross [...]
Call for Articles (DE)COMMEMORATION Making sense of contemporary calls for tearing down statues and renaming places
Call for articles: (DE)COMMEMORATION Making sense of contemporary calls for tearing down statues and renaming places Editors: Sarah Gensburger & Jenny Wüstenberg The toppling of the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston in Bristol, [...]