Colonising and decolonising: Europe-Africa relations in the 19th and 20th centuries

This issue of Cadernos do Arquivo Municipal aims to reflect on European colonialism in Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries, trying to explain, through current historical knowledge, the colonial fact —one, similar, transversal in its ideas and practices— structured in different territorial and national strands, and highlighting the deconstruction of myths, ideas and theories that have succeeded each other and metamorphosed to legitimise and justify colonial violence.

Reinventing the Refuge. Protection of Refugees in Post-Communist Countries

Warsaw/Poland, 2-3 Feburary 2025

The interdisciplinary workshop aims to bring together scholars interested in refugees and refugee policies in the context of post-Communist transformations. Against the dominant focus on emigration, we emphasise refugee reception (or refusal) in countries and places undergoing significant political, social, economic and cultural changes.

Historicizing the Refugee Experience, 17th–21st Centuries

Berkeley/United States, 7-10 July 2025

The University of Tübingen (UT), the German Historical Institute in Washington (GHI) and the American Historical Association (AHA), in cooperation with the Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21), are pleased to announce the fifth International Seminar in Historical Refugee Studies, which will be held at the GHI's Pacific Office at the University of California, Berkeley, July 7–10, 2025.

CfP: 17th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries

17th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries
Institute of Jewish Studies - University of Antwerp
Thursday 8 May 2025

On Thursday 8 May 2025 the Institute of Jewish Studies organises for the seventeenth time an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Antwerp concerning Jewish Studies on the Low Countries. The purpose of the conference is to facilitate contacts between researchers working within this area of study.

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