New MSA's Working Group: Language, Discourse and Memory - Memory Studies Association New MSA's Working Group: Language, Discourse and Memory Working Group The Language, Discourse and Memory Working Group brings together an interdisciplinary group of linguists, anthropologists, ...

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By bridging qualitative and computational approaches and engaging with questions of identity, heritage, and cultural transmission, the group aims to foster new perspectives on the role of language in memory studies.

Co-chairs: Natalie Braber, Adriana Patiño Santos, Susanne Wagner

🔷New MSA Working Group: Language, Discourse and Memory

From narratives and oral histories to multilingualism and digital methods, the group explores how memory is constructed, expressed, and negotiated through everyday discourse across diverse contexts.

MSA invites institutions worldwide to join this effort by offering academic refuge through funding or in-kind support.

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Since its launch in 2022, the fellowship has helped several scholars find safe academic environments, in partnership with Off-University. The Foundation also supports Scholars at Risk Travel Grants, enabling participation in the MSA Annual Conference.

💰Memory Scholars at Risk Fellowship – Renewed Collaboration

The MSA is pleased to announce the renewal of its collaboration with the Gerda Henkel Foundation in support of the Memory Scholars at Risk Fellowship.

🎤We are pleased to announce the launch of the Visual Memory in Media and Digital Cultures Working Group within the Memory Studies Association.

Join us in building a vibrant community exploring the role of visual media in memory and society.

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New issue Memory Studies Review

Climate Witnessing, edited by Stef Craps, Rick Crownshaw and Rebecca Dolgoy
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🗣 Upcoming dMSA Event

📅 17 March 2026 | ⏰ 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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⚠️ Disclaimer: This call for papers is organized independently and is not affiliated with or organized by the MSA.

📢 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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Museos al margen. Desafíos desde la periferia, las comunidades y el patrimonio local A lo largo de su consolidación como disciplina académica, los estudios de museos han tendido a gravitar en torno a los grandes museos nacionales e internacionales, a sus colecciones emblemáticas y a l...

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This event is organized by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. The MSA is not involved in organizing this conference.

📢 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.

📅Deadline for submissions: March 18th

2026 AUAC Conference: Who is Responsible for the Archives? Who is Responsible for the Archives? An Interdisciplinary Approach to Ethics in a Digital Age When: Friday 26 June 2026, 9:00–5:00 pm Where: Aston University campus in Birmingham, UK, and online (hybr...

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🗣 Upcoming dMSA Event:

📅 24 February 2026 | ⏰ 16:00 (online)
🎙 Moderated by Dr. Andrej Mirčev

Interested? Register here: bit.ly/3OLampq

📚 The PoSoCoMeS MSA Group invites you to a book seminar!

👉Join us for an engaging discussion on populism, memory, and democratic futures in the region.

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📖Reading Group!

💡On 27 February, the Memory Studies Association’s MAWG is hosting an online reading group on Remembering Hope: The Cultural Afterlife of Protest by Ann Rigney.

🎤Participants are encouraged to read the book’s introduction and a chapter of their choice.

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Culture War in Saxony-Anhalt: How the AfD wants to reshape cultural policy & suppress decolonial remembrance. New text on blog „dekolonial-erinnern.de“

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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

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🥂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!

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🎓 MSA Early Career Online Skills Workshops Series 2026

🔹 Workshop 1: How to get your first book published
📅 Wednesday, 4 February 2026
⏰ 16.00–18.00 (CET) | 💻 Online

🗓️ Deadline: Wednesday, 28 January 2026

🔗For more information, please visit: bit.ly/3NzgsbV

Presented to Hasmik Knyazyan for “Digital Homelands: Facebook as a Grassroots Community Archive in Response to Political Erasure in Artsakh.”
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Top 2 Most downloaded article in 2025 Memory Studies Review – 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 – your interest got piqued by:

Digital Afterlife and the Future of Collective Memory

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An Honorable Mention goes to Simina Dragoș for “Mnemonic Justice by Report: The Constraint of the Radical Political Imagination in Post-1989 Romania.”

👏 Congratulations to both!

The jury praised its theoretical depth, methodological rigor, and timely contribution to debates on digital memory, community archiving, and forced displacement.

🏆 2025 MSA Best Paper Award

We award the 2025 Best Paper Award to Hasmik Knyazyan for “Digital Homelands: Facebook as a Grassroots Community Archive in Response to Political Erasure in Artsakh.”

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⚠The Virtual Drinks are open to all MSA members who consider themselves Early Career Academics, across the diverse roles and pathways that term encompass.

🔗Please register for the event via the following link: bit.ly/3Z7JKko

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