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The Journal of Disappearance Studies focuses on the collective dimensions of human disappearance, especially enforced disappearance. 1st issue publishing in 2025
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Journal of Disappearance Studies @jdsjournal.bsky.social · Apr 23
We’re a new Journal for the emerging field of Disappearance Studies.
We publish research on the collective dimensions of human disappearance and its consequences, with a special focus on #EnforcedDisappearance
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@eliseferon.bsky.social #HumanDisappearance
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JDS is pleased to announce a series of ‘Conversations on Disappearances'. These workshop and networking events are designed to develop thematic discussions about disappearances, create a network of scholars and practitioners working on disappearance and develop potential submissions to the Journal.
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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In addition to traditional scholarly articles, the Journal of Disappearance Studies includes creative responses in all its issues. Have a look at Merve Kurt's poem 'The Vanished' from our first issue:
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October 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Another highlight from our first issue: Layla Renshaw's article on the transformative potential and ethical complexities of using genetic genealogy in humanitarian forensic investigations.
October 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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ICYMI: first issue out now! Check out Nikolas Kyriacou’s article on how enforced disappearance is understood in international legal frameworks. The article shows the importance of considering multiple human rights violations and underscores the need for sustained efforts to combat impunity.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Our 1st journal issue is out now

Featuring interdisciplinary research on #EnforcedDisappearance - spanning #HumanRights law, transitional justice, migration studies, feminism & genetics.

Plus interviews with journalists & activists, & poetry.
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Journal of Disappearance Studies: Now online. Read Volume 1 Issue 1. Free to Access until 31 December.
September 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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21 Sept was Int'l Peace Day 🕊️. Now, more than ever, it is crucial to invest in durable peace and take concrete steps in that direction. At JRR, with our partners, we are committed to promoting the rights & access to justice of victims & survivors of int'l crimes & serious human rights violations.
September 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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happening at the end of the month - the inaugural Disappearance Studies Conference at the University of Notre Dame. check out the program here: irishstudies.nd.edu/events/2025/...
Disappearance Studies Conference
Disappearance Studies Conference The Journal of Disappearance Studies, in collaboration with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish…
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September 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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I am one of the last of the Abuelas – the grandmothers still searching for Argentina’s ‘disappeared’. I’m 87, but I will never give up
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
I am one of the last of the Abuelas – the grandmothers still searching for Argentina’s ‘disappeared’. I’m 87, but I will never give up
Nearly 50 years ago, my son and his wife were tortured and killed and their baby was taken by the military regime. Two decades later, I found her – but hundreds of grandchildren are still missing
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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We are pleased to share that we are now accepting mutli-language abstracts!
Once an article is accepted, authors can supply a French, Spanish or Portuguese translation of their abstract
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#EnforcedDisappearance #DisappearanceStudies
July 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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#Syria [interview] - In post-Assad Syria, the “truth tents” offer a space for victims’ families to discuss #truth and #justice. Jad al-Hamada, one of the truth tents’ initiators, speaks to Justice Info about the demand for #TransitionalJustice in Syria.
Truth tents: “Talking about what Syrians need right now”
In post-Assad Syria, the “truth tents” offer a space for victims’ families to discuss truth and justice. Jad al-Hamada, one of the truth tents’ initiators, speaks to Justice Info about the demand for ...
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June 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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The 1st issue of The Journal of Disappearance Studies will publish this Autumn.

Follow @jdsjournal.bsky.social‬ to learn more about this transdisciplinary journal specialising in #EnforcedDisappearance.
June 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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”If we're not allowed in” because New Mexico's border is now a military zone, “then the bones will continue to be scattered and taken underground by animals and their families are never going to find out what happened to their loved ones,” a humanitarian volunteer tells @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social.
Trump's military zones could complicate search for missing migrants near US-Mexico border
Volunteers who search for missing or dead migrants in the Borderland fear that Trump’s new military zones could obstruct their humanitarian efforts
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May 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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sophiedrich.bsky.social
The genuinely-chosen #Tibet #PanchenLama and his family have endured three decades of #enforceddisappearance and #arbitrarydetention. Shouldn’t someone be held accountable? A failure to do so enables #China govt #crimesagainsthumanity.
thediplomat.com/2025/05/how-...
How Beijing’s 1995 Disappearance of the Panchen Lama Enabled Crimes Against Humanity
China weathered no consequences for abducting a 6-year-old in 1995. That same impunity continues to fuel collective punishment, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary detention.
thediplomat.com
May 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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On April 30, @nsarchive.bsky.social and @wola-org.bsky.social co-hosted a seminar with 3 Latin American experts to learn from their experiences with #EnforcedDisappearance. A fantastic convo ensued - archived here. 👇
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/2025-05...
Lessons from Latin America as the United States Reckons With Enforced Disappearance Post Event UPDATE
Watch the recording
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May 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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eliseferon.bsky.social
I had the pleasure and honor to participate in the preparation of this documentary. Highly recommended to all interested in the issue of the disappeared during wars, in particular the missing of WWI
re-embody.bsky.social Re-(E)MBody @re-embody.bsky.social · May 16
If you're interested in the missing of WWI, watch this fantastic documentary in which 18 students from Ypres (Belgium) follow archaeologists trying to identify some of the thousands of soldiers still missing to this day. With a small contribution from the Re(E)MBody team!
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May 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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This tactic is not new; it is called #EnforcedDisappearance, and it is a human rights violation and a threat to democracy
elfaro.net/en/202505/op...
Warning for Democracy: Do Not Ignore the US Government Disappearing Migrants
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May 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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The #WGEID just concluded its 136th session which took place from 28 April to 2 May 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Find out more about the cases it reviewed, its new studies and initiatives. Read the end of session statement here: www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
Enforced disappearances: Working Group concludes its 136th session
GENEVA/BANGKOK - The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (Working Group) concluded its 136th session, which took place from 28 April to 2 May 2025, in Bangkok, Thail...
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May 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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dianacariboni.bsky.social
My latest about Mexico in denial on forced disappearances:

Attacking those searching for missing loved ones is ‘particularly despicable’ politics, told me Lisa Sánchez, director of México Unido contra la Delincuencia
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April 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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“Under international law, when someone is detained and there’s no account of where the person is, it amounts to enforced disappearances – and this is exactly what has happened,” she said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘They disappear them’: families of the detained see grim echo of Latin American dictatorships in Trump’s US
Mounting stories of ‘forced disappearances’ of Venezuelans in the US have left their loved ones distraught and disbelieving
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Be one of the fist to publish in the Journal of Disappearance Studies.
We welcome contributions from across diverse disciplines and fields of study
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#EnforcedDisappearance
We welcome contributions that advance our collective understanding of the following key themes and explore new avenues for research, policy advocacy, and practice in addressing the legacies and ongoing tragedies of disappearance: Human Rights violations, including the responsibility of states, state-backed actors and non-state armed groups; Responses within the frameworks of domestic legal regimes, International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law; Forensic techniques in the search for the disappeared; Transitional justice and the rights of victims of disappearance to justice, truth, reparation and nonrecurrence; Historical perspectives on disappearances; Psychological and emotional impact of disappearances; Social and political impact of disappearances; International solidarity and advocacy against disappearances; Activism and resistance in relation to disappearances; Gender and feminist perspectives on disappearances; The evolving dynamics of emerging forms of disappearance; Artistic responses to disappearances; Philosophical approaches to understanding disappearances; Theoretical framing of disappearances.
May 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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jennasomers.bsky.social
Pretty topical for the U.S.
jdsjournal.bsky.social Journal of Disappearance Studies @jdsjournal.bsky.social · Apr 28
We welcome submissions that explore disappearance from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, including:
International Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Legal Studies
Anthropology
Sociology
Humanities
History
The Arts
Read our CFP to learn more
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Journal of Disappearance Studies
The Journal of Disappearance Studies focuses on the collective dimensions of human disappearance, especially enforced disappearance, but also on its consequences at the more than human levels.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
jdsjournal.bsky.social
We welcome submissions that explore disappearance from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, including:
International Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Legal Studies
Anthropology
Sociology
Humanities
History
The Arts
Read our CFP to learn more
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...
Journal of Disappearance Studies
The Journal of Disappearance Studies focuses on the collective dimensions of human disappearance, especially enforced disappearance, but also on its consequences at the more than human levels.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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We're open for submissions!
The Journal of Disappearance Studies is a groundbreaking new platform for research that unearths and critiques the socio-political, cultural and economic factors shaping the dynamics of human disappearance.
Learn more here bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...
April 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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🙌 We’re thrilled to showcase our newest journals at #BritSoc25, including:
• Journal of Creative Research Methods
• Gender and Justice
• Journal of Global Ageing
• Journal of Disappearance Studies
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April 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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We’re a new Journal for the emerging field of Disappearance Studies.
We publish research on the collective dimensions of human disappearance and its consequences, with a special focus on #EnforcedDisappearance
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...
@eliseferon.bsky.social #HumanDisappearance
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April 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM