Memory Studies Association

09/10/2026

📢 Invitation to the MSA Online Assembly for Early Career Academics

Are you a PhD researcher or postdoc? Join the MSA Online Assembly for Early Career Academics on 21 October 2026, from 16:00 to 17:30 UTC (18:00–19:30 CEST).

Following the in-person gathering at the MSA Conference in Buenos Aires, this online assembly is an opportunity to learn more about the initiatives being developed to support the ECA community and help shape what comes next.

💬 Share your ideas and concerns, discover upcoming initiatives, and explore ways to get involved in building support activities for early career academics.

The assembly is open to everyone who identifies as an Early Career Academic, across different roles and career paths — especially those who couldn’t attend the in-person session in Buenos Aires.

🔗 For the meeting link, please visit: https://www.memorystudiesassociation.org/invitation-online-assembly-for-early-career-academics/

We look forward to hearing your ideas and building this community together!

08/10/2026

⏰ Only 8 days left to submit your proposal for MSA 2027!

The countdown is on! There are now just 8 days left to submit your proposal for the MSA 2027 Annual Conference, taking place 14–18 June 2027 at Lund University, Sweden.

Under the theme “Memory, Responsibility, Hope,” we invite proposals for:

🔷 Individual papers
🔷 Panels
🔷 Roundtables
🔷 Special events

🎙️ Confirmed keynote speakers include Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Emilie Pine, and Oksana Zabuzhko.

📅 Submission deadline: 15 October 2026

Don’t miss the deadline, submit your proposal today!

Submit your proposal through the MSA Lund 2027 Conference Portal: https://msalund2027.dryfta.com/

07/10/2026

📣 dMSA Call for Proposals 2026/2027 — Deadline Extended!

Good news! The deadline to submit proposals for the MSA dMSA online events series 2026/2027 has been extended.

📅 New deadline: 12 October 2026

MSA members are invited to propose online roundtables and dialogues addressing current discussions in memory studies.

For full details and submission requirements, please visit: https://www.memorystudiesassociation.org/dmsa-call-for-proposals-2026-2027/

07/10/2026

There’s still time for your submission!

Conference portal is open until October 15th!

📢 The MSA 2027 Conference Portal is now OPEN for submissions!

We are excited to invite scholars, researchers, practitioners, and memory activists to submit proposals for the MSA2027 Annual Conference, taking place 14–18 June 2027 at Lund University, Sweden.

Under the theme “Memory, Responsibility, Hope,” the conference will explore how we engage with the past, the responsibilities involved in remembering, and the ways memory can help us imagine and create more hopeful futures.

We welcome proposals for:
🔷 Individual papers
🔷 Panels
🔷 Roundtables
🔷 Special events

🎙️ Confirmed keynote speakers include Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Emilie Pine, and Oksana Zabushko.

📅 Submission deadline: 15 October 2026

💻 The submission portal is now open: https://msalund2027.dryfta.com/

We look forward to receiving your proposals and continuing the conversation in Lund! 🇸🇪

06/10/2026

📣 ECA Work-in-Progress Seminar

The MSA Early Career Academics (ECA) Support Committee invites PhD students and postdocs to the final session of the 2026 Early Career Work-in-Progress Series: A Safe Forum for Peer-to-Peer Feedback.

📅 12 October 2026
🕑 14:00–15:15 UTC | 16:00–17:15 CEST

This session will feature presentations by:

🔷Frederico Augusto dos Santos Ângelo (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
“Originals Latin American: Racial Worldmaking, Black Aesthetic Time, and Cultural Memory in the Latin American Audiovisual Series”

🔷 Daria Khokhlova (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
“From Cosmopolitan to Agonistic Memory? International History Textbook Cooperation at UNESCO and the Council of Europe”

🔗 Registration: https://bit.ly/4zbHicy

The seminar series is part of the initiatives promoted by the MSA ECA Support Committee and is organised by Merve Akçay, Shivani Arulalan Pillai, Guido Bartolini, Amalia Cotoi, and Patricia Rico.

04/10/2026

📣 📣 Call for Proposals | MSA Annual Conference 2027!

The Latin America Regional Group of the Memory Studies Association invites proposals for the upcoming MSA Annual Conference, to be held at Lund University, Sweden, from June 14 to 18, 2027.

They invite submissions for:
🔹 individual paper presentations for the Latin American Regional Group’s panels at the next MSA Annual Conference.

Proposals must be submitted via this form: https://acortar.link/Wtr3NN.

For further information, please contact [email protected]

📅 Deadline: October 7, 2026.

🌎 We invite you to participate and continue strengthening dialogues and research networks regarding memory from a Latin American perspective.

See you in Lund! 🇸🇪

02/10/2026

📣 Call for Proposals

The MSA Ethics Committee invites proposals for two panels at the MSA Conference in Lund:

🤖 Ethics and AI in Memory Studies — exploring the ethical implications of generative and agentic AI for memory, including questions of authenticity, authorship, representation, privacy, human agency, and synthetic memories.

🌱 The Ethics of Memory Studies: Responsibility, Research Practice, and Hope — examining research ethics, responsibility, relationships between researchers and communities, and how ethical reflection can shape the field’s practices and futures.

📅 Deadline: 10 October 2026
📝 Proposals should be no more than 300 words, including a title and abstract, accompanied by a short bio of up to 100 words.

🔗For more information, please visit: https://www.memorystudiesassociation.org/ethics-committees-panels-for-the-msa-conference/

29/09/2026

📣 📣 Call for Proposals | MSA Annual Conference 2027!

The Latin America Regional Group of the Memory Studies Association invites proposals for the upcoming MSA Annual Conference, to be held at Lund University, Sweden, from June 14 to 18, 2027.

They invite submissions for:
🔹 individual paper presentations for the Latin American Regional Group’s panels at the next MSA Annual Conference.

Proposals must be submitted via this form: https://acortar.link/Wtr3NN.

For further information, please contact at [email protected]

📅 Deadline: October 7, 2026.

🌎 We invite you to participate and continue strengthening dialogues and research networks regarding memory from a Latin American perspective.

See you in Lund! 🇸🇪

29/09/2026

💻 Open Position: Web Designer/Developer

The Memory Studies Association is looking for an experienced web designer/developer to design and build a new website for our international non-profit association.

We are seeking someone with experience in membership management, payments, mail campaigns, member portals, accessible and GDPR-compliant websites, and preferably work with associations or non-profits.

The project will involve developing a secure, accessible, user-friendly website that our team can easily manage and maintain, with the new site planned to launch by 1 July 2027.

📅 Application deadline: 1 November 2026

For the full requirements, please visit: https://www.memorystudiesassociation.org/web-designer-developer-needed-for-international-non-profit-association-website/

25/09/2026

📣 dMSA: Call for Proposals 2026/2027

We invite MSA members to submit proposals for the 2026/2027 dMSA online events series, featuring roundtables and dialogues on current debates in memory studies.

Proposals are welcome on all memory-related topics, with particular interest in:
🔷Decolonizing memory
🔷 Memory and democracy
🔷 Responsibility and memory
🔷New methodological approaches
🔷Memory studies and artificial intelligence
🔷Ecology, environment, and responsibility
🔷Affect and emotions
🔷Memory activism and hope

Proposals should include a preliminary title and topic description, information about the proposed timing (October 2026–June 2027), and short bios of the convenor and panelists. Please include all the information requested in the Call in the body of your email rather than as an attachment.

🌍 Proposals that contribute to geographic, disciplinary, positionality, and topical diversity are especially welcome, including those from early-career researchers and proposals addressing topics of contempor

📅 Deadline: October 2, 2026

🔗For more information, please visit: https://www.memorystudiesassociation.org/dmsa-call-for-proposals-2026-2027/