Afterlife of Events

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Afterlife of Events: Perspectives on Mnemohistory

   1. Introduction: Afterlife of Events: Perspectives on Mnemohistory

      • Marek Tamm

      Pages 1-23

3. Theoretical Reflections

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Historical Event between the Sphinx and the Phoenix

      • François Dosse

      Pages 27-43

   3. Events, Proper Names and the Rise of Memory

      • Nikolay Koposov

      Pages 44-61

   4. Accelerating Change and Trigger Events

      • Olivier Remaud

      Pages 62-78

   5. Theories of Cultural Memory and the Concept of ‘Afterlife’

      • Aleida Assmann

      Pages 79-94

   6. Literature and the Afterlife of Events: The Lost and Haunted World of Austerlitz

      • Siobhan Kattago

      Pages 95-111

4. Empirical Analyses

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Exodus and Memory

      • Jan Assmann

      Pages 115-133

   3. Convulsion Recalled: Aftermath and Cultural Memory (Post-1798 Ireland)

      • Joep Leerssen

      Pages 134-153

   4. Celebrating Final Victory in Estonia’s ‘Great Battle for Freedom’: The Short Afterlife of 23 June 1919 as National Holiday, 1934–1939

      • Karsten Brüggemann

      Pages 154-177

   5. Novemberland: 9 November, the German Master Example of Hauntology

      • Claus Leggewie

      Pages 178-195

   6. German Pasts in a Russian City — Kaliningrad between 1946 and 2006

      • Stefan Berger

      Pages 196-218

   7. Can a Criminal Event in the Past Disappear in a Garbage Bin in the Present? Dutch Colonial Memory and Human Rights: The Case of Rawagede

      • Chris Lorenz

      Pages 219-241

   8. Do Apologies End Events? Bloody Sunday, 1972–2010

      • Ann Rigney

      Pages 242-261

5. Afterthoughts on Afterlives

   1. Afterthoughts on Afterlives

      • Peter Burke

      Pages 262-275

6. Back Matter

   Pages 276-281

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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'.

• memory studies
• cultural memory
• theory of history
• historiography
• mnemohistory
• battle
• German
• human rights
• liberty
• memory

• Tallinn University, Estonia

  Marek Tamm

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

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