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'.
Author Biography:
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