The conference «Adaption – Autonomy – Continuity. Academia in Times of Crises», organized by the SNSF project «Science Transnational. Switzerland and Forced Academic Migrants 1933 to 1950» will take place from 26th to 28th of October 2020.

Migration scholars have increasingly recognized the importance of attending to multi-directional, cross-border connections between sending and receiving countries in defining the migrant experience. Yet, in understanding the implications of contemporary migration for governments and public policy, the majority of migration research has mainly focused on the perspective of receiving nation-states, centering on issues of control, economic impact, and immigrant integration.

Studying the history of translation is a practice taking place in the present – a present trying to understand itself by looking at its past. In order to facilitate this understanding, Chronotopos introduces a new section: On a regular basis, Chronotopos will include thematic foci in its issues that bring together papers on a specific topic related to the history of translation and interpreting. This way, Chronotopos can function as a discursive hub and create reference points for future projects.

This conference is canceled due to Covid-19, but abstracts will be accepted for the edited volume until April 30, 2020.

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Second Meeting of the International Standing Working Group on Medialization and Empowerment, 10-11 December, 2020

How have feminist stories been recorded historically? Where can we find them in the archive? And how does this shape historical scholarship on women’s empowerment?

Every year, the Deutscher Prize is awarded for a book which exemplifies the best and most innovative new writing in or about the Marxist tradition. 

Nominations for this year's prize (covering publication dates from May 2019 through to April 2020) are now open and may be submitted up to 1st of May 2020. 

To nominate a candidate for this year's prize, please email deutscherprize@gmail.com stating the author, title and publisher of the book, and your reason for nominating it.

Due to the current COVID-19 emergency, many IALHI institutions have taken measures that include the closure of their buildings or different restrictions regarding the access to their libraries and archives. Below is a (provisional) list of announcements made by IALHI institutions worldwide, based on the information provided in their websites, as of Monday 16 March 2020. Please check each institution website and/or social media outlets, or contact them by phone or email, to check their availability.

This symposium explores North American Indigenous intellectual and narrative traditions that were recovered, reclaimed, or (re-)invented in the wake of Red Power movements that emerged in the 1960s in the settler colonial societies of Canada and the USA.