migration

9th Annual University of Kansas Digital Humanities Forum October 3 & 4, 2019 Lawrence, Kansas Keynote Speakers Janet Chávez Santiago (Zapotec weaver and language activist) Indigenous Language and Culture Visibility in the Digital Age: Examples from Zapotec Activism Julian Chambliss (Professor...

The dispersion of communities of people physically displaced from their perceived ‘homeland’ to other parts of the globe has been a defining feature of the human experience. Commonly referred to as diasporas, these groups have travelled to other lands for reasons including to escape persecution, to...

International migrations are an intricate part of a more interconnected world in terms of trade, communications and cultural exchanges. There is no question that migrations help improve people’s lives in both sending and receiving states, offering new opportunities for millions of people worldwide...

2nd Global Conference Migration and Diasporas Saturday 1st December 2018 – Sunday 2nd December 2018 Vienna, Austria In the past few years, humanity has been confronted with what the UN calls “the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations”: starvation, war and political...

MIGRATION 1st Global Conference Call for Participation 2017 A Cultures, Traditions, Societies Research Stream Saturday 1st April – Monday 3rd April 2017 Lisbon, Portugal Migration has defined our age perhaps more than any other single issue, as the 20th and 21st centuries have been characterized by...

Diasporas 8th Global Meeting of the Diasporas Research Stream A Culture, Traditions, Societies Project Call for Participation 2016 Wednesday 6th July – Friday 8th July 2016 Mansfield College, Oxford This inter- and multi-disciplinary project seeks to explore the contemporary experience of Diasporas...