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In Memoriam: Jan Assmann (1938-2024)

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 […]

In Memoriam: Jan Assmann (1938-2024)2024-02-21T20:10:36+02:00

CONFERENCE LIMA 2024 CFP

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Eighth Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association (MSA)

“Memories in Transit”

Lima, Peru, 18 to 20 July 2024

Call for papers

The Memory Studies Association (MSA) welcomes proposals for its eighth annual conference, to […]

CONFERENCE LIMA 2024 CFP2024-02-01T12:54:35+02:00

Memorial Statement

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 […]

Memorial Statement2022-01-10T12:36:58+02:00

MSA condemns lawsuit against Holocaust historians

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 […]

MSA condemns lawsuit against Holocaust historians2021-02-12T13:02:52+02:00

Postdoctoral researcher ‘Digital Media History – Radio Archives in Central Europe, 1930-1960’


Postdoctoral researcher ‘Digital Media History – Radio Archives in Central Europe, 1930-1960’

 

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 […]

Postdoctoral researcher ‘Digital Media History – Radio Archives in Central Europe, 1930-1960’2020-09-02T09:38:17+02:00

Call for Articles (DE)COMMEMORATION Making sense of contemporary calls for tearing down statues and renaming places

Call for articles:

(DE)COMMEMORATION

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 […]

Call for Articles (DE)COMMEMORATION Making sense of contemporary calls for tearing down statues and renaming places2020-08-11T15:58:19+02:00

Call for Papers INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE MSA NORDIC

INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE MSA NORDIC

29-30 October 2020, University of Copenhagen

CALL FOR PAPERS

The MSA Nordic is the regional network of the Memory Studies Association (MSA) in Northern Europe. The MSA is a global professional association for Memory Studies scholars, as well as those who are active […]

Call for Papers INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE MSA NORDIC2020-08-07T01:44:05+02:00

Fourth Annual Conference Charlottesville 2020 – Cancellation Notice

!Important Notice!!

Dear Colleagues,

With greatest regret, we write to inform you of our decision to cancel this year’s MSA conference, which was to take place from June 18-21 in Charlottesville.

To be sure, those dates are still more than three months away.  While we have every hope that the crisis will have passed […]

Fourth Annual Conference Charlottesville 2020 – Cancellation Notice2020-03-12T18:13:48+02:00

Post-Socialist Memory in a Global Perspective: Postcolonialism, Post-transition, Post-trauma


Post-Socialist Memory in a Global Perspective: Postcolonialism, Post-transition, Post-trauma

The Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies (PoSoCoMeS) working group is part of the Memory Studies Association. Our goal is to bring together researchers, activists, and practitioners working in and on post-socialist countries. We call for trans-regional comparative studies that connect Eastern […]

Post-Socialist Memory in a Global Perspective: Postcolonialism, Post-transition, Post-trauma2020-09-09T08:42:37+02:00

Second Newsletter & Call for Papers of the Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies Working Group

Read the Second Newsletter here!

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐒𝐨𝐂𝐨𝐌𝐞𝐒 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐮, 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐚, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎)

𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒: 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚, 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑚𝑎

The Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies (PoSoCoMeS) working group is part of the Memory Studies Association (https://www.memorystudiesassociation.org/posocomes/). Our goal is to bring together researchers, activists, and practitioners working in and […]

Second Newsletter & Call for Papers of the Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies Working Group2019-11-25T11:04:59+02:00
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