Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures, launched in December 2017, is a unique print and digital enterprise in the humanities fostering multi- and interdisciplinary global dialogue. Contributors to this indexed journal (CN43-1537/H), published every June and December, include J.H. Prynne, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Michael Bérubé, Gish Jen, Charles Bernstein, Chris Weedon, Aldon Lynn Nielsen, Tyrone Williams, Jonathan Stalling, Brian Reed, Zhang Longxi, Ottmar Ette, Ishmael Reed, and many others. The website with links to all issues and submission guidelines is http://jflc.hunnu.edu.cn/.

International migrations are an intricate part of a more interconnected world in terms of trade, communications and cultural exchanges. There is no question that migrations help improve people’s lives in both sending and receiving states, offering new opportunities for millions of people worldwide to better their lives. However, the causes, scope and complexities of international migrations in the XXI Century are also impacting the lives of millions of people worldwide in ways that many states and communities were ill prepared to deal with.

We have been grateful to receive great applications for the multi-site conference on Ecology and Religion in 19th-Century Studies (Sept. 18-21, 2019), which will be digitally linked between the Armstrong Browning Library (Baylor U), the University of Washington, Georgetown University, and Lancaster University.