Call for Papers: Knowledge in Flight
Knowledge in Flight: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Scholar Rescue in North America
“The German Historical Institute, The Leo Baeck Institute and The New School for Social Research are organizing a workshop on the movement of scholars from perilous and intellectually-oppressive political situations to new environments that have allowed them to continue their work or even thrive in their chosen discipline…
“Workshop papers might focus on one or more of the chapters of scholar rescue in history — Jewish émigrés from fascist Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, East European and Russian émigrés during the Cold War, and Latin American intellectuals escaping military dictatorships from the 1960s to the 1980s. Papers could also focus on contemporary issues in scholar rescue, connecting to Africa, Asia, or the Middle East…” (Further details)
- Date (tentative): December 5–7, 2017
- Location: The New School, New York City
- Application deadline: February 1, 2017
- Conveners: Simone Lässig, William Milberg, William Weitzer
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Editors (December 20, 2016). Call for Papers: Knowledge in Flight. History of Knowledge. Retrieved December 3, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/12pt3
