July 1st, 16.00-17.30 CEST
To whom does history belong? In the midst of Black Lives Matter, colonial history, ongoing debates on the Nazi past, and commemorations of victims of communism, this question remains urgent to Europeans. Where […]
Event Series
Transitional Justice
May 11, 2021, 6p.m. UTC+2
The “Transitional Justice” event series organised by the Federal Government Commissioner for the […]
Contested Histories Onsite: The project has kicked off!
Wherever you go in Europe, you’ll be walking by statues and other landmarks that try to tell you something about the past. But the way in which these landmarks narrate the past […]
Working Group Newsletter
Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies Working Group (PoSoCoMeS)
Issue 3, March 2021
The MSA Working Group PoSoCoMeS is happy to announce that the third issue of its newsletter was published in March 2021! In this issue, you will be able to read up on:
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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 […]
In the Zumkehr Lectures, hosted by the University of Ohio, scholars from a number of disciplines and from all over the world examine the ways in which our understanding of the past continues to shape our present and future. From memorials to […]
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 […]
The working group on Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies—PoSoCoMeS—will hold its first regional conference on Sep 24-26, 2020, in Chisinau, Moldova. One of the purposes of this conference is to allow scholars and practitioners from the post-socialist countries of Europe and Eurasia to meet even if they cannot […]
Call for Papers for Edited Volume
Remembering and Memorializing Violence: Transnational Feminist Dialogues
Proposal Deadline: September 3, 2019
Editorial Committee: Alison Crosby, Malathi de Alwis, Heather Evans, Honor Ford-Smith, Shahrzad Mojab, Carmela Murdocca
Contact Information: memorializingviolence@gmail.com
Introduction and Scope:
In recent decades, a […]