Call for abstracts: Migration Beyond Emergency – Tracing Testimony and Diaspora

February 1, 2026

Testimony, oral history and memory in migration research
Diasporic formations, identity and transnational belonging
Aesthetic, literary and visual responses to displacement
The politics and poetics of care in migration contexts
Abolitionist frameworks in relation to borders, health and incarceration
Kinship, solidarity and collective organising across borders
Participatory, creative and decolonial research methodologies
Intersectional approaches to migration, including, gender, race, religion, disability and class

We particularly encourage submissions from early-career scholars and those working across disciplines.
The symposium will be held on the 28th and 29th of May 2026 at the Humanities Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland.

To submit: please send a 250-word abstract, title, and short biography (max. 100 words) by the 2nd of March 2026 using this Google form: here

For any further enquiries, contact us via email at mbesymposium2025@gmail.com