Konferenz

Second Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association

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OrtCopenhagen, new Faculty of Humanities campus, Karen Blixens Plads 8, 2300 Kopenhagen
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Memory Studies Association

Focal points of the conference (14-16 December 2017) in Copenhagen are challenges and the future of memory studies and the ‘third wave’ of memory studies. This year the conference wants to address “memory unbound” as well as specific personal, familial or national memories and their mutual interrelations. It seeks answers to questions such as: How can memory studies continue to conceptualize the deterritorialized, fluid and transnational aspects of collective memory without abolishing the validity of the founding ideas of memory studies? Acknowledging the fact that memories relate not only to the presence of the past but also to imaginations of the future, how can we define the productive power of memory? Should memory studies merely be perceived as descriptive or should it also have an impact on actual political debates?

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 likes to encourage both the submission of “traditional” academic papers and full panels, as well as innovative proposals for workshops, film screenings, roundtable discussions and more. Please contact the organizers if you would like to discuss ideas or have questions.

Call for Papers Deadline has expired.

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