Photo: Dr. Mohammed Muharram, copyright: Dr. Mohammed Muharram.
After receiving his PhD in 2012 in Anglophone Postcolonial Studies from the English and Foreign Languages University (Hyderabad, India), Mohammed Muharram worked as […]
It was a typically beautiful spring day in 2024 in Austria. I sat by my large windows, listening to birdsong, dreaming about my future, and working on my final master’s thesis—a routine that had become second nature. […]
Working on Amazon River was once a wish that I first imagined during my first Master’s program in Pakistan. The aspiration stayed with me, growing stronger during my second Master’s, as the Amazon often […]
The first time I visited Lund University was at the end of January 2020. I was invited as one of the participants in a meeting of […]
In Memoriam: Jan Assmann (1938-2024)
The field of memory studies has lost a charismatic founding figure. Jan Assmann died on Monday 19 February 2024. He was 85.
Jan Assmann’s landmark study of cultural memory, Das kulturelle Gedächtnis, was published in 1992 and immediately welcomed across German academia as a new ‘paradigm’ of studying […]
The conference portal is now closed for applications.
The Memory Studies Association (MSA) welcomes proposals for its eighth annual conference, to be held in […]
Update as of January 2022:
The Memory Studies Association would like to express its disappointment with the Russian Supreme Court’s decision to shut down the International Memorial Society (LINK: https://www.memo.ru/en-us/). Read our full original statement below.
Statement
The Memory Studies Association expresses its grave concern over news that the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has […]
Memory Studies Association condemns lawsuit against Holocaust historians
Memory Studies Association wyraża dezaprobatę wobec procesu wytoczonego historykom Holokaustu
The Memory Studies Association stands for free scholarly inquiry, wherever its results may lead. It is thus with grave concern that we have followed the libel lawsuit against Barbara […]
| Postdoctoral researcher ‘Digital Media History – Radio Archives in Central Europe, 1930-1960’
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| Publication date | 1 September 2020 |
| Closing date | 4 October 2020 |
| Level of education | PhD |
| Hours | 38 hours per week |
| Salary indication | €3,491 to €5,127 gross per month |
| Vacancy number | 20-513 |
Research at the Faculty of Humanities is carried out by six research schools under the aegis of […]
Call for articles:
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Making sense of contemporary calls for tearing down statues and renaming places
Editors: Sarah Gensburger & Jenny Wüstenberg
The toppling of the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston in Bristol, England, by activists on June 7 has spotlighted the ubiquitous presence of memorials that glorify […]
