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> 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…. [cid:image002.jpg@01DD518A.7DE26A70]