One of the central purposes of the Memory Studies Association is to facilitate exchange between everyone interested in the field. With this in mind, we list here Centers, Institutes and Networks engaged in the study of memory – as well as other useful online resources. Please inform us of any websites you would like us to add here: info@memorystudiesassociation.org
Memory Centers
| Name | University | Homepage | Contact | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Memory and Testimony Studies | Wilfred Laurier University, Canada | http://cmtstudies.netfirms.com/demo/cmts/ | Marta Marín-Dòmine | mmarin@wlu.ca |
| Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies | University of Massachusetts, Amherst | https://www.umass.edu/ihgms/ | ihgms@acad.umass.edu | |
| Center for the Study of History and Memory | University of Indiana, Bloomington | http://www.indiana.edu/~cshm/index.html | John Bodnar | bodnar@indiana.edu |
| Centre for Studies in Memory and Literature | University of Iceland | http://memory.hi.is/ | Gunnþórunn Guðmundsdóttir | gunnth@hi.is |
| The Center for the Study of War and Memory | University of South Alabama | http://www.southalabama.edu/departments/research/warandmemory/ | Steven Trout
Susan McCready |
strout@southalabama.edu |
| Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies | University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana | https://jewishculture.illinois.edu/academics/initiative-holocaust-genocide-and-memory-studies | Brett Kaplan | bakaplan@illinois.edu |
| Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory | School of Advanced Study, University of London | https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/research-centres/centre-study-cultural-memory | Katia Pizzi | katia.pizzi@sas.ac.uk |
| Institute of Culture and Memory Studies | Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts | http://ikss.zrc-sazu.si/en#v | Tanja Petrović | tanja.petrovic@zrc-sazu.si |
| Memory Studies Institute | Lewis and Clark College | https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/mreyes/home/memory-studies-institute | ||
| Memory Studies Research Cluster | University of Nottingham | http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/memory-studies-and-the-politics-of-memory/index.aspx | Ute Hirsekorn | ute.hirsekorn@nottingham.ac.uk |
| Lund Memory Studies | Lund University | https://lundmemorystudies.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/lund-memory-studies/ | Barbara Törnquist-Plewa | Barbara.Tornquist-Plewa@slav.lu.se |
| Frankfurt Memory Studies Platform | Goethe University | http://www.memorystudies-frankfurt.com/about/ | Astrid Erll | erll@em.uni-frankfurt.de |
| Konstanz Geschichte und Gedachtnis | University of Konstanz | https://cms.uni-konstanz.de/geschichteundgedaechtnis/geschichte-und-gedaechtnis-startseite/ | Aleida Assmann | Aleida.Assmann@uni-konstanz.de |
| Cultural Memory Studies Initiative | Ghent Univesity | www.cmsi.ugent.be | Stef Craps | stef.craps@ugent.be |
| Irish Memory Studies Network | Dublin University | http://irishmemorystudies.com/ | Emilie Pine | emilie.pine@ucd.ie |
| Network in Transnational Memory Studies | Utrecht University | http://nitmes.wp.hum.uu.nl/ | Ann Rigney | Ann Rigney Ann.Rigney@let.uu.nl |
| akaKurdistan | ? | http://www.akakurdistan.com/ | ||
| Center for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence | University of Montreal | http://cerev.org/cerev/contact | cerev@concordia.ca | |
| Center for the Study of the American South | University of South Carolina | http://south.unc.edu | csas@unc.edu | |
| Collected Visions | http://cvisions.cat.nyu.edu/mantle/info.html | cvisions@cat.nyu.edu | ||
| Uses of the Past | Aarhus University | https://usesofthepast.au.dk/ | Hans Lauge Hansen | romhlh@cc.au.dk |
| HISTORICAL DIALOGUES, JUSTICE, AND MEMORY NETWORK | Columbia University | http://historicaldialogues.org/ | dialogues@columbia.edu. | |
| Holocaust Research Institute | London University, Royal Holloway | https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/organisations/holocaust-research-centre%281fbd5b1b-effc-43e3-aa41-afab77a3408a%29.html | Dan Stone | D.Stone@rhul.ac.uk |
| King’s College Memory Group | King’s College | https://kclmemorygroup.wordpress.com/ | ||
| Landless Voices | University of Nottingham | http://www.landless-voices.org/about.php?ng=e | vozes-sem-terra@qmul.ac.uk | |
| Luce Program in Individual and Collective Memory | Washington University | https://pages.wustl.edu/pboyer/luce-program-individual-collective-memory | Pascal Boyer | pboyer@wustl.edu |
| Memory at War. Cultural Dynamics in Poland, Russia and Ukraine | Cambridge University | http://www.memoryatwar.org/ | info@memoryatwar.org | |
| Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt | http://www.mgfa-potsdam.de/html/institut_2005.php | Dr. Helmut Hammerich | MGFAPresseEingang@Bundeswehr.org | |
| Memory Studies | The New School for Social Research | http://www.newschool.edu/nssr/centers-special-programs/?id=104451 | Jonathan Bach | bachj@newschool.edu |
| Oral History Society | University of London, Holloway | http://www.ohs.org.uk/about/ | Anne Gulland | annecgulland@yahoo.co.uk |
| The Raphael Samuel History Society | London | http://www.raphael-samuel.org.uk/ | Kathy Pettit | k.pettit@uel.ac.uk |
| Centre for Research in Memory, Narrative and Histories | University of Brighton | http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/centre-for-research-in-memory-narrative-and-histories | Ken Young | k.young2@brighton.ac.uk |
| The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education | Chapman University | https://www.chapman.edu/research-and-institutions/holocaust-education/rodgers-center/index.aspx | Marilyn Harran | harran@chapman.edu |
| Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media | George Mason University | https://rrchnm.org/our-story/contact-us/ | chnm@gmu.edu | |
| TAPAS/Thinking about the Past | Ghent Univesity | http://www.tapas.ugent.be/ | Tessa Boeykens | Tessa.Boeykens@ugent.be |
| TraMe (Centre for the Semiotic Studies of Memory) | University of Bologna | https://centri.unibo.it/trame/en | unibo.trame@unibo.it | |
| The Association for the Study of Sociology of Memory and Culture BEKS | Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Sociology Department (Turkey) | https://beks.org/biz-kimiz/ | Derya Fırat | deryafirat@hotmail.com |
| The History and Memory research hub | The University of Melbourne (Australia) | http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/shaps/research/groups/history | Kate Darian-Smith | k.darian-smith@unimelb.edu.au |
| IHTP Institut d’Histoire du Temps Présent | CNRS / Paris Saint Denis University (France) | http://www.ihtp.cnrs.fr | Pascal Maytraud | pascal.maytraud@ihtp.cnrs.fr |
| ISP | CNRS/Paris Nanterre University / ENS Paris Saclay (France) | http://www.isp.cnrs.fr | Sarah Gensburger | sgensburger@yahoo.fr |
| Labex Past in Present | Paris Nanterre University (France) | http://passes-present.eu | Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes | gglasson-des@u-paris10.fr |
| Telemme | Aix Marseille University | http://telemme.mmsh.univ-aix.fr | Maryline Crivello | marylinecrivello@gmail.com |
| CELAT | Laval University (Quebec-Canada) | http://www.celat.ulaval.ca/centre/membres/jocelyn-letourneau/ | ||
| Núcleo de Estudios sobre Memoria / IDES / CONICET | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina) | http://memoria.ides.org.ar | Claudia Feld | clavife@yahoo.com.ar |
| El Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos (Ex-ESMA) | http://www.espaciomemoria.ar/ | |||
| IC-MEMO (International Committee of Memorial Museums) | http://icom.museum/the-committees/international-committees/international-committee/international-committee-of-memorial-museums-in-remembrance-of-the-victims-of-public-crimes/ | |||
| Comisión Provincial por la Memoria de la Provincia de Buenos Aires | http://www.comisionporlamemoria.org/ | |||
| Mnemonics: Network for Memory Studies | Universiteit Gent | http://www.mnemonics.ugent.be/ | Stef Craps | Stef.Craps@UGent.be |
| Contemporary Memory Politics in Spain in Comparative Perspective | Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) | http://www.politicasdelamemoria.org/en/ | Francisco Ferrándiz | paco.ferrandiz@cchs.csic.es |
| Genealogies of Memory | European Network Remembrance and Solidarity | http://genealogies.enrs.eu | Jagna Jaworowska | genealogies@enrs.eu |
| Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Research Group | University of St. Andrews | https://cims.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk | Catherine O’Leary | cims@st-andrews.ac.uk |
| Asociación Memorias en Red | Independent | http://www.memoriasenred.es | memoriasenred.giji@gmail.com | |
| SELMA: Centre for the Study of Storytelling, Experientiality and Memory | University of Turku, Finland | https://selmacentre.wordpress.com/ | Hanna Meretoja | hanna.meretoja@utu.fi |
| Narrative and Memory: Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics | Nordic Summer University | https://narrativeandmemory.com// | Eneken Laanes and Hanna Meretoja | eneken.laanes@tlu.ee |
| The Memory Group | University of Warwick | https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/ehrc/events/memory// | Mark Philp | Mark.Philp@warwick.ac.uk |
| Holocaust Studies | Haifa University | http://holocaust-studies3.haifa.ac.il// | Lea David | lead@post.bgu.ac.il |
| Digital Memories | University of Leuven | http://www.digitalmemories.be// | Silvana Mandolessi | silvana.mandolessi@kuleuven.be |
| Media, Memory and History Research Cluster | Loughborough University | http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/research-themes/memoryhistory/ / | Emily Keightley | E.Keightley@lboro.ac.uk |
| Memory Studies Portal | Columbia University | http://www.humanrightscolumbia.org/memory-studies/memory-studies-portal / | memorystudiesportal@columbia.edu | |
| Center for Comparative Conflict Studies (CFCCS) | Faculty of Media and Communications (FMK), Belgrade, Serbia | http://cfccs.org/ / | Orli Fridman | orli.fridman@fmk.edu.rs |
| Utrecht Forum for Memory Studies | Utrecht University | http://cfccs.org/ / | ||
| Connecting Memories Research Initiative | The University of Edinburgh | www.connectingmemories.org / | Paul Leworthy | info@connectingmemories.org |
| CROME: Crossed Memories, Politics of Silence. The Colonial-Liberation War in Postcolonial Times | Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra | https://crome.ces.uc.pt/ | Miguel Cardina | crome@ces.uc.pt |
| Centre for Public History, Heritage and Memory | Nottingham Trent University | https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/groups-and-centres/centres/centre-for-public-history,-heritage-and-memory2 | Jenny Wüstenberg | jenny.wustenberg@ntu.ac.uk |
| Memory Studies Research Network, IIT Madras | Indian Institute of Technology, Madras | https://www.memorystudiesiitmadras.com | Merin Simi Raj and Avishek Parui | avishekparui@iitm.ac.in |
| Laboratório de Estudos sobre os Usos Políticos do Passado (Luppa) | Universidade Federal do rio Grande do Sul | https://www.ufrgs.br/luppa/ | Fernando Nicolazzi | luppa@ufrgs.br |
| Born Cultural and Memorial Centre (Born CCM) | Barcelona Culture Institute | https://elbornculturaimemoria.barcelona.cat/en/visit/the-center/ | Marta Marín Dòmine | mmarind@bcn.cat |
| Interdepartmental Laboratory Memory and Society (LIMS) | Università di Trento | https://www.lettere.unitn.it/3298/interdepartmental-laboratory-memory-and-society-lims | Giorgia Proietti | giorgia.proietti@unitn.it |
| Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities |
Institute for Creative Cultures, Coventry University
|
https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/areas-of-research/centre-for-arts-memory-and-communities/ | Patricia Phillippy | patricia.phillippy@coventry.ac.uk |