Afterlife of Events: Perspectives on Mnemohistory

Recently, we have witnessed a rearticulation of the traditional relationship between the past, present and future, broadening historiography’s range from studying past events to their later impact and meaning. The volume proposes to look at the perspectives of this approach called mnemohistory, and argues for a redefinition of the term ’event’.

Aleida Assmann, University of Konstanz, Germany Jan Assmann, University of Heidelberg, Germany Stefan Berger, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany Peter Burke, University of Cambridge, UK Karsten Brüggemann, Tallinn University, Estonia François Dosse, Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres, France Siobhan Kattago, Tallinn University, Estonia Nikolay Koposov, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Joep Leerssen, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Claus Leggewie, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany Chris Lorenz, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands Olivier Remaud, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France Ann Rigney, Utrecht University, Netherlands Marek Tamm, Tallinn University, Estonia