Aleida Assmann’s lecture “Challenges in transforming German Memory Culture”

The Lecture is organized by Södertörn Memory Studies Platform.

Abstract:

After the end of the Second World War, it took 40 years to establish what is today called a “German memory culture”. After another 40 years, involving “reunification”, the extension of the EU and a continuous progress of migration, this memory culture is confronted with new challenges.
The lecture will discuss some of the issues that accompany the difficult contentious project of transforming German memory culture.

About the speaker:

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Aleida Assmann is Professor of English Literature and General Literary Studies at the University of Konstanz. She is one of the leading scholars in the field of memory studies who to a larger extent has established the field.
Aleida Assmann is author of many books including “Shadows of Trauma. Memory and Politics of Postwar Identity” (2016, transl. by Sarah Clift) and Cultural Memory and Western Civilization: Functions, Media, Archives (2011). She has a long-lasting relation to Södertörn University. Her book “Impact and Resonance – Towards a Theory of Emotions in Cultural Memory” was published within Södertörn Lectures series in 2012.