Oct 15, 2026
Call for MSA First Book Award (2027)
Nominations for the Wulf Kansteiner First Book Award are open until December 15, 2026. Any first book published in 2026, in any language.
International · interdisciplinary
How we remember shapes what we do next.
The Memory Studies Association brings together around 1,500 scholars and practitioners from more than 50 countries who study how societies represent, use and contest the past.
Annual conference
Memory, Responsibility, Hope
14–18 June 2027
Lund University, Sweden
Conference details~1,500members
50+countries
12+working and regional groups
2016first annual conference, Amsterdam
Upcoming
- AwardWulf Kansteiner First Book Award 2027: nominations closeFor first books published in 2026, in any languageDec 15, 2026
- AwardFirst Book Award 2027 winner announcedPresented in a semi-plenary panel at the Lund conferenceMar 31, 2027
- WorkshopMSA Forward PhD/Postgraduate Workshop13–14 June 2027Jun 13, 2027
- ConferenceMSA Annual Conference: Memory, Responsibility, HopeLund University, Sweden · 14–18 June 2027Jun 14, 2027
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First Book Award
The Wulf Kansteiner First Book Award recognizes a first book in any language. Nominations close December 15, 2026.