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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 1d

Topics may include (but are not limited to):
• Memories of reparative justice
• Monuments, museums, and digital remembrance
• Transnational struggles and symbols
• Crises, delays, and long-term effects of reparations

📩 Submit your title, abstract and short bio by 12 October 2025.

Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 1d

🕊️ CfP: Memories of Reparative Justice

The Global Memories Working Group (GMWG) invites advocates, artists, and academics to explore the intersections of memory and reparative justice at the 10th Annual MSA Conference in Buenos Aires.

🔗http://bit.ly/4nXvbuR

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 2d

🕊️ CfP

As we mark 80 years since the end of WWII, this conference invites scholars to explore how its sites of memory are shaped, contested, and reinterpreted in changing political and cultural contexts.

Submit your proposal in English, German, or Polish by 10th October.

🔗http://bit.ly/46Ttzut

Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 6d

⚠ Tenga en cuenta que nuestro equipo organizador es internacional. Para garantizar una comunicación clara y evitar posibles malentendidos, solicitamos amablemente que toda la correspondencia se realice en inglés.

Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 6d

⏳✨ ¡Todavía estás a tiempo de enviar tu propuesta!

Participa en el 10º Congreso Anual de la Memory Studies Association:

📌 Tema: Memoria y Democracia
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
🗓 Nuevas fechas: 28 de julio – 1 de agosto de 2026
📝 Fecha límite: 15 de octubre de 2025

👉 lnkd.in/dGWeg82R

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 There's still time to submit your proposal!

Be part of the 10th Annual MSA Conference:

📌 Memory and Democracy
📍 Buenos Aires, Arg.
🗓 NEW DATES: 28 July – 1 August 2026
📝 Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2025

👉 Details & submissions via the conference website: msabuenosaires2026.dryfta.com

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 6d

✨Upcoming Seminar Session!

🔎The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Coimbra (CEIS20) invites you to the 7th session of the seminar "Violence, Memory, Networks-Interdisciplinary Connections"!

❗Registration is free, but mandatory!

bit.ly/3VO25Bx

#MSA #Seminar #Violence

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 8d

🌍 Masterclass @ Radboud University

👤 Prof. Stef Craps
📅 Nov 4, 2025 | 16:00–17:30

How can the arts help us resist ecological amnesia and process environmental grief?

📚 bit.ly/3W2ruYt

#Masterclass #EnvironmentalHumanities #MemoryStudies

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 13d

⭐ Upcoming MSA Online Assembly!

🤝This will be an opportunity to learn more about the new initiatives the MSA is developing for the ECA community and to get involved in shaping the kinds of support we want to build together in the coming months!

🗯️http://bit.ly/3KrEsw5

Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 15d

📢 #CfP: Ordinary Men: Perpetrator Memory in Spanish Culture
📍 Duisburg-Essen, Dec 4–5, 2025
📝 Deadline: Oct 8, 2025

Exploring perpetrator memory in Spanish culture — beyond the victim–perpetrator binary. Formats: talks, papers, and roundtables. No fee.

🔗http://bit.ly/3KBURxW

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 17d

🚀 Extended Deadline Alert!

The dMSA Call for Proposals is still open – now until October 10, 2025!

💡 Open to all MSA members for the academic year 2025/2026.

📩 Submit your proposal by October 10, 2025 to the event email.

For details, please visit: www.memorystudiesassociation.org/dmsa/

Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 20d

🔎 This Journal seeks to explore possible tensions, struggles, and conflicts between the canon of Holocaust memory in Western Europe and traditions of memory emerging from Central Europe.

❗ Peer-reviewed, open-access academic Journal.

#MSA #MemoryStudies #Holocaust #CentralEurope #Journal

Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 20d

🗣 Call for Papers!

🤝 CEMORY project team at the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations (Jagiellonian University in Kraków) and the editorial team of The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. Submit articles for the 2/2026 thematic edition!

⏰Deadline: October 15th, 2025

bit.ly/4prDDTY

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 22d

✨ The wait is over: conference portal is now open!

Be part of the 10th MSA Annual Conference – Memory and Democracy, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

📌 Submit your abstracts in English
👉 Deadline: 15 October 2025

🔗https://msabuenosaires2026.dryfta.com/

Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 27d

🔎This symposium will feature a plenary session with Roundtable Discussions, followed by Interactive Workshops showcasing inclusive educational approaches, as well as a City Walk!

❗ Admission: €20| Admission is free for students and retirees.

👉More info: bit.ly/4g6Ci0A

#MSA #Inclusion #Dialog

Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 27d

☀️Upcoming Symposium!

🗣Join this event co-hosted by EuroClio and department Social Work of The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) to help with the exploration of approaches in educating about the histories of Sinti, Roma, and other related groups.

💎Dutch and European context!

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 29d

❗This Revista accepts research manuscripts in Spanish, English, or Portuguese.

🔎For the editorial guidelines and suggested topics, please check this link bit.ly/484oxO1!

#MSA #MemoryStudies #AcademicPapers #Histories #Dissident

Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 29d

🗨️Call for Papers!

🤝Contribute to the upcoming special issue of Revista Memorias dedicated to Investigación-Creación (I+C) in Latin America!

I+C explores three main thematic axes:
🔸 Knowledge Democratization
🔸 New Technologies
🔸Social Transformation

⏰Deadline: November 30th, 2025

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Michael Rothberg @mrothberg.bsky.social · Sep 5

My terrific (former) student, Jennifer Noji, provides a concise explanation of why memory matters.

Now she's putting that into practice in her job at Densho: densho.org

‘What happens in the present influences how we remember the past’ - UCLA Humanities

In a UCLA College podcast, newly minted Ph.D. Jennifer Noji describes the impact of her memory studies research.

humanities.ucla.edu

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Sep 4

📖The gathering will bring together researchers, educators, and practitioners to share experiences, strengthen collaborations, and explore new opportunities in the field of memory studies.

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Sep 4

🗣 Coming Up!

The next in-person meeting of the Research Centers Network will take place on 23–24 October 2025 at Vilnius University.

Interested? Register here: bit.ly/426jZmw

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Upcoming Event

Join the Mnemonics Summer School 2025, hosted by the Flemish Memory Studies Network.

🎓 Theme: Memory and Responsibility

This year’s edition will explore how memory shapes, challenges, and transforms our responsibilities toward history, society, and the future.

👉 bit.ly/45KTXrk

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Sep 2

Requirements:
🔸 Ph.D. in German Studies or a related area and showing evidence of research and teaching effectiveness
🔸Letter of application addressing how they meet the required and preferred qualifications for the position
🔸 Curriculum vitae
🔸 Statement of teaching interests

#Education #MSA

Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Sep 2

⭐Job Opportunity!

🤝Apply for this tenure-track position in transcultural German studies. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an expected start date of August 16, 2026!

🔎For more details or application steps, check bit.ly/3I0qjVS

⏰Deadline: Oct 31st, 2025

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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Aug 27

💡 The submission system opens in September 2025!

Join us for a week of panels, workshops, exhibitions, and conversations in one of the world’s most vibrant cities.

👉 For the full CfP, please visit: bit.ly/3HW0Mgt

#MSA2026 #MemoryStudies #MSA #MemoryAndDemocracy #BuenosAires

CfP MSA 10th Annual Conference - Buenos Aires 2026 - Memory Studies Association

10th Annual Memory Studies Association Conference Memory and Democracy Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 27 July –2 August, 2026 The submission system will open in Septembe...

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