Article
Cultural Studies
Marcello Messina, Francisco Bento da Silva, Leticia Porto Ribeiro, Jairo de Araujo Souza
Summary: This article takes Erll's categorisation of memory studies scholars as a starting point to propose the centrality of the Amazon as a spatiotemporal center for memory studies. By examining case studies in the region, the article argues that Amazon-centered memory studies can be applied to other geographical realities and different disciplines.
Article
History
Oana Sabo
Summary: This article analyzes the reception of Annie Ernaux's 2022 Nobel Prize in the mass media, focusing on the criticisms from the French press. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's sociology of culture and considering the history of the Nobel Prize in Literature, mass media evaluations, and literary debates, the article explores the concept of legitimacy and argues that the legitimacy of Ernaux's Nobel Prize is the result of a complex cultural negotiation process.
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY FRANCE
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Jessica K. Young
Summary: This article discusses the situation at New College of Florida and the controversy surrounding the appointment of trustees. The author argues that in the current precarious teaching environment, connecting history to the present and offering vulnerability education may promote reconciliation, despite right-wing efforts to divide society.
Article
History
Sean T. Perrone, Adam Franklin-Lyons, David Gary Shaw, Jesse W. Torgerson
Summary: This paper reviews the use of digital methods in visualization and mapping, demonstrating how creative and experimental visualization can aid in the study of complex networks behind human mobility. It familiarizes historians with key aspects of digital methods, including data amalgamation and pattern recognition. By discussing visualization and providing sample maps, the paper highlights the significance of digital methods in enriching traditional scholarship with new facts and arguments.
Article
Cultural Studies
Stipe Odak, Aline Cordonnier, Sandra Rios Oyola, Pierre Bouchat, Valerie Rosoux
Summary: This article describes a 1-year online Memory Studies Certificate Program at UCLouvain and emphasizes the importance of teaching in the field. The article summarizes key lessons learned from internal discussions and a survey, highlighting the need for deep understanding and cohesive dialogue in creating study programs.
Article
Cultural Studies
Juliane Prade-Weiss, Dominik Markl, Vladimir Petrovic
Summary: This article discusses Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and its challenges to memory studies, focusing on the transmissions and justifications of mass violence. The article argues that the normalization of justifications can perpetuate societal fault lines and set the stage for further conflict. Memory studies provide a conceptual framework for addressing implicit normalizations and explicit affirmations of justifications of mass violence.
Article
History
Douglas R. Egerton
Summary: This essay investigates the formative years of Charlotte Forten [Grimke], an African-American poet, educator, and human rights activist, in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1850s. It examines her conflicting racial and gender identity, as well as the personal and professional challenges that hindered her efforts to establish an independent and fulfilling life.
NEW ENGLAND QUARTERLY-A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE AND LETTERS
(2023)
Article
History
Myra C. Glenn
NEW ENGLAND QUARTERLY-A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE AND LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Arnoud Arps
Summary: This article critically examines the idea of free flow of cultural memory, showing that it does not apply to every local context. In Indonesia, memory only temporarily and briefly travels, more like a jump than a journey. The choice of the Indonesian term "memori melompat" (jumping memory) highlights the need for a local reframing of existing memory concepts.
Article
Economics
Vittorio Daniele, Francesco Sama
Summary: This article contributes to the debate on regional disparities in living standards in Italy at the time of national unification (1861) by examining the health standards of army conscripts born between 1843 and 1871. It finds that in the southern regions of Italy, a higher proportion of conscripts were rejected for insufficient height, potentially indicating genetic factors.
REVISTA DE HISTORIA ECONOMICA
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Shukuko Koyama
Summary: This essay discusses the transnational history education program in China, Korea, and Japan, which utilizes active learning and project-based activities to guide students in exploring the contested past of East Asia. It encourages students to shift from a national perspective to a transnational identity, fostering a global citizen viewpoint.
Article
Cultural Studies
Silvana Mandolessi
Summary: This article examines the changes in collective memory in the digital era and argues that digital memory materializes and implements theoretical claims made by Memory Studies. It discusses four major transformations in collective memory, including the new ontology of digital archives, the shift from narrative to the cultural form of the database, the reconfiguration of agency, and the shift from mnemonic objects to mnemonic assemblages.
Article
History
John Stauffer
NEW ENGLAND QUARTERLY-A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE AND LETTERS
(2023)
Article
History
Anna Bocking-Welch
Summary: This article discusses the importance of complaint-making as a form of political participation in the NGO sector. Taking the boycott of Barclays Bank by Oxfam as an example, it examines the public scrutiny and debates surrounding Oxfam's partnership with the bank during the anti-apartheid movement. The article highlights the dynamic relationship between public institutions and NGOs, showing that donors can play an active role as "consumer-supporter-activists". It also argues that the Barclays controversy triggered a larger public engagement on the boundaries between charity and politics, particularly in the context of apartheid South Africa.
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH HISTORY
(2023)
Correction
History
Danny Orbach, Ziv Bohrer
LAW AND HISTORY REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Olya Feldberg
Summary: This article explores potential avenues for the forthcoming fourth wave of memory studies, focusing on relative duration and different scales of temporality. It differentiates between objects of remembering and modes of remembering, and illustrates the complex interplay between temporalities of different scales and forms of memory.
Article
Cultural Studies
Erol Gueluem
Summary: This article explores the various dimensions of the memory-folklore nexus by drawing on a shared paradigm, examining intersections, and mapping out overlapping methods. By introducing the concept and approach of folkloric memory, it provides broader perspectives on common issues and establishes a groundwork for future research.
Review
History
Hugo Bonin
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF CONCEPTS
(2023)
Article
History
Pau Casanellas
Summary: This article examines the importance of the connections between the First World and the Third World during the long '68. Specifically, it focuses on the link between ETA and the Algerian FLN and analyzes the political defense strategy used in ETA trials, inspired by previous FLN processes. The study highlights the significant role played by left-wing lawyers from Spain and France during the Burgos Trial, emphasizing the relevance of transnational connections and the different origins of the idea of political defense based on communist and anticolonial struggles. Additionally, the research addresses the limitations and contradictions of these exchanges, which have been overlooked in previous studies.
HISTORICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
History
Christian Olaf Christiansen
Summary: This article traces the conceptual history of global inequality, from its marginalization to mainstreaming, and then to popularization, politicization, and economization. By analyzing scientific articles, books, and public media, it explores the reasons and contexts behind the emergence of global inequality as a key concept, and reveals its temporal and spatial transformations.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF CONCEPTS
(2023)