Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Public History in European Perspectives

Edited by: Thomas Cauvin and Karin Priem

ISSN: 2629-4702

e-ISSN 2629-4710

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One of the primary missions of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) is to be a key player in public history. With the launch of its new book series, Public History in European Perspectives, the C²DH wants to serve as a platform for public history, exploring its potential as an interdisciplinary field and a means of fostering and reflecting upon public engagement, dissemination and participatory practices in areas such as heritage-making, modes of display, and historical storytelling.

(Public) historians, scholars in material culture studies, communication studies and museum studies, curators and archivists are invited to submit proposals on the methodological foundations of disseminating historical knowledge in the broadest sense, on interactions with public audiences, and on the epistemological consequences of mediation, remediation, and intermediation. It is critical to encourage work on ethical issues in the field of public history, on the cultural but also political, social and economic consequences of public history projects, on working with minority groups and establishing more inclusive agendas for community engagement.

The editorial board members for the book series are renowned experts in the field and ensure outstanding quality by acting as peer reviewers and advisors to the series editor. The book series is trilingual (English, French and German) and offers options for open access.

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Exhibiting the Past

Public Histories of Education

Frederik Herman, Sjaak Braster, María del Mar del Pozo Andrés, University of Luxembourg

Volume 1 in this series

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With respect to public issues, history matters. With the worldwide interest for historical issues related with gender, religion, race, nation, and identity, public history is becoming the strongest branch of academic history. This volume brings together the contributions from historians of education about their engagement with public history, ranging from musealisation and alternative ways of exhibiting to new ways of storytelling.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110719871
ISBN:: 9783110719871
ISBN:: 9783110719901
ISBN:: 9783110719581
Subject:: History
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Europe
Subject:: General European History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Public History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

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Europe’s Troubled Pasts in Comparative Perspective

Past and Present of a Complex Relation

Antoniou Giorgos, Vasiliki Triga, University of Luxembourg

Volume 3 in this series

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How are deep, divisive conflicts remembered after they have ended? How can collective memories of the past shape the future? And what is the impact of the EU as an actor that helps the countries to overcome their troubled pasts? This book examines the processes of construction of collective and individual memories in post-conflict societies. The focus is on different types of troubled pasts, such as civil wars, genocides, and authoritarian past, and their representation in the public and private sphere through historical texts, fiction, cinema and art in eight different case studies. It specifically examines the impact of the recent crises on the emergence of past narratives as part of an anti-european movement. This book provides insights to scholars, policy makers and the general readers demonstrating the complex relation between violent events of the past, their representation in countries as Germany, Greece, Spain, Poland (and others) and the European entanglement.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110771176
ISBN:: 9783110771176
ISBN:: 9783110771206
ISBN:: 9783110771114
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Modern History
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Europe
Subject:: General European History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Public History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg