“My Body Is a Confederate Monument“. Confederacy and Racism in America’s collective memory

In conversation with Caroline Randall Williams The event takes place online and will be streamed live on YouTube: https://youtu.be/D8DZ2EdYjn8 The mass protests of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, sparked by the murder of George Floyd, not only brought the issue of racism and police violence – especially against People of Color – into worldwide focus but also opened up a discourse about remembering the past in public space. Read more

Memory Studies Meet Literary Studies. Voices from the Eastern Europe in the 21st Century

Vernon Press invites chapter proposals for a volume on the contemporary memory and literary studies edited by Aleksandra Konarzewska (University of Tübingen, Germany) and Anna Nakai (Central European University, Hungary/Austria). General Scope of the Book:-Relevant Fields: Memory Studies, Literary Studies, Eastern European Studies, Cultural and Media Studies, Digital Humanities, Archival Studies, Library Sciences– Area: Eastern and Central Europe incl. Read more
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