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Introduction
I am an Associate Professor of Twentieth Century History at The Nottingham Trent University (UK). I received my Ph.D. in Government & Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2010. My research interests include memory studies, German, European, and comparative & transnational history and politics, social movements and activism, and qualitative methodology.
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Additional affiliations
January 2016 - May 2017
January 2014 - December 2014
October 2012 - December 2013
Position
- PostDoc Position
Description
- Project 1: Building a Transnational Memory Culture? Networks and Practices of European Pasts Project 2: Moving Memory: Civil Society Action and Public Remembrance in Germany Since 194
Education
August 2002 - December 2010
August 2002 - May 2005
January 2001 - April 2002
Publications
Publications (30)
Memory activists have recently received more scholarly and public attention, but the concept lacks conceptual clarity. In this article, we articulate an analytical framework for studying memory activists, proposing a relatively narrow definition: “Memory activists” strategically commemorate the past to challenge (or protect) dominant views on the p...
The memory landscape in Germany has been lauded for its pluralism: for reckoning with the past not only critically but in its many complex facets. Nevertheless, particularly victims of repression in East Germany lament that their plight is not adequately represented and some have recently affiliated themselves with the Alternative for Germany (AfD)...
The commemorative events marking the 150th anniversary of Canada’s 1867 confederation prompt us to reconsider the nexus between citizenship and memory. In the introduction to this special issue, we explore how the past continues to inform debates on Canadian identity in relation to the legacy of settler colonialism and its enduring impacts on Indig...
The article explores the degree to which memory studies has become established as an academic field.
Although we acknowledge that there are drawbacks to formal institutionalization, we contend that it is
useful to think strategically about the future of memory studies. We argue that three key developments
must take place in order for a field to bec...
Blending history and social science, this book tracks the role of social movements in shaping German public memory and values since 1945. Drawn from extensive original research, it offers a fresh perspective on the evolution of German democracy through civic confrontation with the violence of its past. Told through the stories of memory activists,...
In this introductory article to the special issue on ‘Transnational Memory Politics in Europe,’ we argue for closer scrutiny of the dynamics between the local and the transnational realms of memory. We contend that thus far, scholarship has neglected empirical analysis of transnational mnemonic practices in Europe. We seek to provide a theoretical...
Commémorer l’Europe? La fabrication des rituels européens de la mémoire à travers les anniversaires Cet article tente de comprendre la construction de la légitimité de la politique de l’Union européenne. Par l’analyse des journaux européens, il s’intéresse à la remémoration de deux événements majeurs de l’histoire de l’UE : la déclaration Schuman d...
Until recently, the memory of the Holocaust and the Nazi regime were of unrivalled importance in German political culture. With the destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989 a ‘new past’ entered the scene. The debate over how to commemorate the German Democratic Republic, its victims and its resisters, has rattled the established memory consensus in t...
The citizens' initiative Beriiner Geschichtswerkstatt (BGW) was founded in 1981 and profoundly influenced memory politics in (West) Berlin. Through cooperative work, new research methods, and an explicit goal of political engagement, the new left activists sought to shake up established views of history. Though internal disputes over the need for p...
This article examines the political uses of memory in the three successor states of the Third Reich. The focus is on how political elites offered stylized histories of the Nazi past in the service of broader political goals, both domestic and international. After reviewing key junctures in the politics of memory, the authors discuss contemporary de...
Claus Leggewie and Erik Meyer, “Ein Ort, an den man gerne geht” Das Holocaust-Mahnmal und die deutsche Geschichtspolitik nach 1989 (Munich: Carl Hanser Verlag, 2005)
Karen E. Till, The New Berlin: Memory, Politics, Place (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005)
Peter Carrier, Holocaust Monuments and National Memory Cultures in France an...
Questions
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I am looking at a situation where there are different types of civic groups involved in a political field. They are not factions in the sense of having split from one larger into a bunch of smaller groups. These groups have different origins, but are working on the same cause. I'm trying to figure out whether to think of them as one movement with various factions, or as several movements, or maybe not movements at all.
If you study collective memory, please participate in a brief survey about memory studies!
We are writing an article about the state of memory studies as a field and thus I would kindly ask you to complete the survey that you can access via this link:
Completion of the survey should only take about 5 minutes and is of course anonymous.
We would very much appreciate your input! Please do not hesitate to contact one of us should you have any questions about the survey or our larger project.
Best wishes,
Jenny & Anamaria
Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, Ph.D.
Universitetslektor i Europastudier
Lunds Universitet
Sweden
Jenny Wüstenberg, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
Free University of Berlin
