10:52 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
seventh International Seminar in Historical Refugee Studies, which will be held at the
University of Tübingen, June 28 - July 1, 2027. The deadline for applications is November
15, 2026. 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. The applicants' proposal should indicate at what stage the
proposed contribution is and what they hope to gain from participating in the seminar. 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.
Best,
Sari
Sari Nauman
Member of the Young Academy of Sweden
Pro Futura Scientia XVII Fellow, SCAS
Associate Professor, Docent in History, University of Gothenburg
University of Gothenburg
Department of Historical Studies
Box 200
405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
Forthcoming publications:
Translating Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons to Early Modernity: Historically
Displaced Concepts<https://link.springer.com/book/9783032351579> (New York:
Palgrave, December 2026) (Open Access)
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>
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