H-Memory is a network open to all academics and researchers concerned with Memory Studies. This inter-disciplinary field interests itself in how humans remember and represent that memory, be it through literature, monuments, historical works, or in their own private lives.

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Discussion published by Aline Sierp on Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Reminder: CfP: Second Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association

CfP: Second Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association

Copenhagen, 14-16 December 2017

Founded last year in Amsterdam, the Memory Studies Association (MSA) aims at institutionalizing memory studies as a research field that is able to provide fundamental knowledge about the importance and function of memories in the public and private realm. The MSA’s objective is to provide a central forum for developing, discussing, and exchanging ideas about the methodology and theory of the inter- and multi-disciplinary field of memory studies.

Discussion published by Clare Parfitt on Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Call for Contributions: Edited collection on popular dance and cultural memory

Questions of cultural memory have increasingly concerned scholars and politicians in recent decades, as nations have sought to come to terms with traumas such as the Holocaust, communist repression, apartheid, genocide, and the legacies of slavery and colonialism (Huyssen, 2003).
Discussion published by Elana Jakel on Thursday, June 8, 2017

Call for Applications: A Research Introduction to Jewish Life and the Holocaust in the Soviet Union

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites applications for the international seminar “A Research Introduction to Jewish Life and the Holocaust in the Soviet Union.” This seminar will be held January 8-12, 2018, at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.

Discussion published by fabienne chamelot on Thursday, June 8, 2017

CfP: Archives, the Digital Turn and Governance in Africa

*Apologies for cross-posting*

Dear all,

Please find below a call for papers you may find of interest.

Best regards,

Marie Rodet, Vincent Hiribarren, Fabienne Chamelot

 

Call for papers.

Featured section in History in Africa: Archives, the Digital Turn and Governance in Africa

 

Deadline for abstracts: 29 September 2017

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