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ITHACA: Interconnecting histories and archives for migrant agency

Inclusion
ithaca

Funding

Horizon Europe

Geographic focus

Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia

Dates

1 January 2021 –

31 March 2025

About

A digital database of migration narratives, documents and archival sources for researchers, practitioners, policy makers and migrants.

Key Finding

Historical research combined with the analysis of current events can inform the development of more innovative and sustainable migration policies.

Highlighted Publications and Tools

  • Policy Brief  – Archival research on migration as a tool to inform migration policies.
  • Digital database  – Superarchive of narratives, documents and archival resources on migration.
  • Literary contest  – Collective open-access series of migrants’ self-narratives.

Coordinator

 Matteo Al-Kalak, Professor of Early Modern History and History of Christianity, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia 

 

Partners

  • Universita’ Degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE) (Lead partner)
  • Sorbonne University
  • UNHR The United Nations High Commission of Refugees
  • Leiden University
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
  • The Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo)
  • AMM – Archive of migrant memories association Italy
  • ARCS-Tunisie , Tunisian branch of Italy-based
  • ARCS – Culture Solidali, The Institute of Geography (IGAZ) Azerbaijan
  • Al Akhawayn University Ifrane Morocco
  • The University of Milan

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