This panel discussion explores the relationship between migration and knowledge production, emphasizing the role of migrants as transmitters and producers of new knowledge. Using historical case studies, Simone Lässig challenges the binary of assimilation and conflict by showing how immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries acted as cultural translators, shaping both their own communities and host societies. Intersecting the history of migration with the history of knowledge, the talk offers insights into the dynamics of migration and reveals the ways in which migrants contribute to global knowledge flows. Mariko Iijima will add a Japanese perspective on the approach based on her own research on the Japanese diaspora. Details and registration here