π£ Upcoming dMSA Event
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17 March 2026 | β° 21:00 UTC
This dMSA seminar features members of the Afterlives global research network, whose work centres the missing and the dead to explore their enduring social and political presence in contexts of violence, conflict, and migration.
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β οΈ Disclaimer: This call for papers is organized independently and is not affiliated with or organized by the MSA.
π’ Call for Papers | Special Issue
This special issue explores the role of collective memory in social movements amid the global rise of authoritarian practices and democratic backsliding.
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β οΈ Disclaimer: This event is organized by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. The MSA is not involved in organizing this conference.
π’ Upcoming Conference
Organized by the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, it provides a space for researchers, professionals, and cultural practitioners to discuss the challenges and potential of museums operating outside dominant institutional centers.
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Deadline for submissions: March 18th
Consider submitting a proposal for this upcoming hybrid conference on Archives and Ethics! Experts from all fields are welcome! padlet.com/dturner2_23/... @astonuniversity.bsky.social @astonpress.bsky.social
π£ Upcoming dMSA Event:
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24 February 2026 | β° 16:00 (online)
π Moderated by Dr. Andrej MirΔev
Interested? Register here: bit.ly/3OLampq
π The PoSoCoMeS MSA Group invites you to a book seminar!
πJoin us for an engaging discussion on populism, memory, and democratic futures in the region.
πhttps://bit.ly/4rkfxet
πReading Group!
π‘On 27 February, the Memory Studies Associationβs MAWG is hosting an online reading group on Remembering Hope: The Cultural Afterlife of Protest by Ann Rigney.
π€Participants are encouraged to read the bookβs introduction and a chapter of their choice.
πhttps://bit.ly/4bX8lA9
Culture War in Saxony-Anhalt: How the AfD wants to reshape cultural policy & suppress decolonial remembrance. New text on blog βdekolonial-erinnern.deβ
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Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: February 28, 2026.
Notification of Results: Second half of March 2026.
For more information, please visit: msabuenosaires2026.dryfta.com
Dear Community,
We are pleased to announce that the MSA has a limited number of conference grants to support attendance at our upcoming conference in Buenos Aires 2026.
To apply, please complete the official application form: bit.ly/4k1OB0j
β All presenters at the conference must hold an active MSA membership: www.memorystudiesassociation.org/membership-l...
π₯We look forward to meeting you all in July in Buenos Aires!
Dear MSA Community,
We are pleased to announce that registration for the MSA 2026 conference is open until April 5th, 2026!
π·For more information and to register, visit: msabuenosaires2026.dryfta.com
π MSA Early Career Online Skills Workshops Series 2026
πΉ Workshop 1: How to get your first book published
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Wednesday, 4 February 2026
β° 16.00β18.00 (CET) | π» Online
ποΈ Deadline: Wednesday, 28 January 2026
πFor more information, please visit: bit.ly/3NzgsbV
Presented to Hasmik Knyazyan for βDigital Homelands: Facebook as a Grassroots Community Archive in Response to Political Erasure in Artsakh.β
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Top 2 Most downloaded article in 2025 Memory Studies Review β your interest got piqued by:
Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Collective Memory?
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Top 2 Most downloaded article in 2025 Memory Studies Review β your interest got piqued by:
Digital Afterlife and the Future of Collective Memory
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An Honorable Mention goes to Simina DragoΘ for βMnemonic Justice by Report: The Constraint of the Radical Political Imagination in Post-1989 Romania.β
π Congratulations to both!
The jury praised its theoretical depth, methodological rigor, and timely contribution to debates on digital memory, community archiving, and forced displacement.
π 2025 MSA Best Paper Award
We award the 2025 Best Paper Award to Hasmik Knyazyan for βDigital Homelands: Facebook as a Grassroots Community Archive in Response to Political Erasure in Artsakh.β
β The Virtual Drinks are open to all MSA members who consider themselves Early Career Academics, across the diverse roles and pathways that term encompass.
πPlease register for the event via the following link: bit.ly/3Z7JKko
ECA Support Committee
πInvitation to the Early Career New Year's drink
π₯To celebrate the beginning of the new year, postdocs and PhD students are invited to join the Online Virtual Drinks for ECAs, which will take place on Monday, 12 January, from 16:00 to 17:30 CET (Brussels time).
Plural remembrance: Analysis of Bundestag hearing on Germanyβs new memorial concept from decolonial perspective
@michmo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @adamblackler.bsky.social @profdanhicks.bsky.social @mrothberg.bsky.social
π dekolonial-erinnern.de/memorial-con...
#OfInterestOfMSAMembers
π‘For this special issue of the Asian and African Studies Journal, the editors welcome proposals that reflect on the ambivalent character of silence.
π For more information, please visit: bit.ly/4oWzlCD
One of these PhDs is geared towards Cultural Memory Studies - I must have a ton of former students who might consider applying?! (Let me know if you need a recommendation) @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social @slowmemo.bsky.social "memorystudies lnkd.in/ejSDwmhJ
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Assistant Professor in European Political History since 1900
π Maastricht University, the Netherlands
π Application deadline: 31 January 2026
For more information, please visit: bit.ly/3MA5Wkp
The Handbook on Global Oral History
A remarkable handbook on the concept of Global Oral History as the collection of life stories and the guarantor of meaning in human experience.
In memory of Selma Leydesdorff
@thewha.bsky.social βͺ @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Memory Studies in the Nordic Countries: A Handbook
With utmost pride we announce our first Handbook in the field of Memory Studies! A stepping stone to diversify and globalize the field.
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Kansteiner left a profound intellectual legacy. In this interview, he reflects on the future of memory in the postdigital age and the evolving role of AI in cultural memory.
