9:11 a.m.
Dear all,
The University of Tübingen (UT), the University of Vienna (UV), the University of
Gothenburg (UG), and the American Historical Association (AHA) are pleased to announce the
sixth International Seminar in Historical Refugee Studies, which will be held at the
University of Vienna, September 28 - October 1, 2026. The deadline for applications is
December 20, 2025. To apply, see attached Call for Papers or visit the Seminar website
https://rhs.hypotheses.org.
The purpose of this seminar is to promote the historical study of refugees, who are too
often regarded as a phenomenon of recent times. By viewing the problem of refugees from a
historical perspective, the seminar seeks to complicate and contextualize our
understanding of peoples who have fled political or religious conflicts, persecution, and
violence. By bringing together 14 advanced PhD students and early postdocs from different
parts of the world whose individual research projects examine refugees in different times
and places, we intend to give a sense of purpose to this emerging field of study and
demonstrate the value of viewing the plight of refugees from a historical perspective.
We invite contributions from recent PhDs, as well as young scholars in the final stages of
their dissertations. In addition to historians, we also encourage applications from
researchers working in fields such as sociology, political science, anthropology, ethnic
and area studies that engage with historical dimensions. Possible contributions include:
* Studies of refugee movements and exile diasporas in various periods and places;
* Studies of the ethnic, gendered, racial, religious, and other characteristics of
refugee groups and how they impact on reception policies and processes;
* Studies of reception and aid policies, and on the repercussions of refugees on host
states and societies;
* Studies of the changing inter-state framework of refugee movements, such as
international or inter-imperial cooperation, the role of international governmental or
non-governmental actors, humanitarian organizations, etc.;
* Studies of the infrastructures of exile (camps, networks, economies, regulations)
* Studies of the conceptual history of refugees and exile (legal history,
administrative practice, cultural history, etc.)
For more information, see attached Call for Papers or visit https://rhs.hypotheses.org.
Please feel free to circulate this call to anyone who might be interested.
All best,
Sari
Sari Nauman
Pro Futura Scientia XVII Fellow, SCAS
Associate Professor, Docent in History, University of Gothenburg
Affiliated Scholar, Centre for Privacy Studies, University of Copenhagen
University of Gothenburg
Department of Historical Studies
Box 200
405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
Recent publications:
'Outsiders Within: Internally Displaced Persons in Sweden,
1700-1721<https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-detail?docid=b…,
in Geert Janssen & David de Boer (eds.): Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe
(London: Bloomsbury, 2024), pp. 85-102 (Open Access)
'The First Refugees of Sweden-A Global History / Sveriges första flyktingar - en
global historia',
<https://www.academia.edu/116750009/Nauman_2023_Sveriges_f%C3%B6rsta_flyktingar>
Karolinska Förbundets
Årsbok<https://www.academia.edu/116750009/Nauman_2023_Sveriges_f%C3%B6rs…
(2023<https://www.academia.edu/116750009/Nauman_2023_Sveriges_f%C3%B6rsta…)
pp.
7-30<https://www.academia.edu/116750009/Nauman_2023_Sveriges_f%C3%B6rsta….
Baltic Hospitality from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century: Receiving Strangers in
Northeastern Europe<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-98527-1>, eds:
Sari Nauman, Wojtek Jezierski, Christina Reimann & Leif Runefelt (London: Palgrave,
2022).<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-98527-1> (Open Access)
Private/Public in 18th-Century
Scandinavia<https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/private-public-in…,
eds: Sari Nauman & Helle Vogt (London: Bloomsbury,
2022).<https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/private-public-in-18th…
(Open Access)
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