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Journal of Disappearance Studies
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The Journal of Disappearance Studies focuses on the collective dimensions of human disappearance, especially enforced disappearance. 1st issue publishing in 2025
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/jds
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We're excited to share details for our second Conversation on Disappearance, taking place on January 27! This session will be focused on cultural responses to disappearance. Further information and registration available here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...
January 14, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Our 1st journal issue is out now

Featuring interdisciplinary research on #EnforcedDisappearance - spanning #HumanRights law, transitional justice, migration studies, feminism & genetics.

Plus interviews with journalists & activists, & poetry.
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Journal of Disappearance Studies: Now online. Read Volume 1 Issue 1. Free to Access until 31 December.
September 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Be one of the fist to publish in the Journal of Disappearance Studies.
We welcome contributions from across diverse disciplines and fields of study
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We welcome contributions that advance our collective understanding of the following key themes and explore new avenues for research, policy advocacy, and practice in addressing the legacies and ongoing tragedies of disappearance: Human Rights violations, including the responsibility of states, state-backed actors and non-state armed groups; Responses within the frameworks of domestic legal regimes, International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law; Forensic techniques in the search for the disappeared; Transitional justice and the rights of victims of disappearance to justice, truth, reparation and nonrecurrence; Historical perspectives on disappearances; Psychological and emotional impact of disappearances; Social and political impact of disappearances; International solidarity and advocacy against disappearances; Activism and resistance in relation to disappearances; Gender and feminist perspectives on disappearances; The evolving dynamics of emerging forms of disappearance; Artistic responses to disappearances; Philosophical approaches to understanding disappearances; Theoretical framing of disappearances.
May 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM