Administrations of Memory

This journal spin-off special issue publication begins by approaching the politics of memory with focus on the governance and policies of memory: its administrations. The contributions focus on transcending methodological nationalism and bringing back the state into the study of the politics of memory. The chapters treat the administrations of memory both in terms of the processes of dispensing or aiding memory and as the state bodies that are authorized and expected to manage memory. This text appeals to researchers and students working in and at the intersection of memory studies and political science.

Previously published in International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society Volume 32, issue 2, June 2019 Chapters Administrations of Memory and modes of Remembering: Some Comments on the Special Issue and Stretching selves Through Empathy: the Role of Collective and Official Memories are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Focuses on the interaction between policy trajectories, practices, and discourses on memory Spotlights on governance and administration in understanding memory as a category of public intervention Explores memory as a contemporary conduit for practicing politics and setting up political institutions

Autorentext

Sara Dybris McQuaid is an Associate Professor at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Sarah Gensburger's research interests are at the intersection of political science, ethnographic work and contemporary historiographic issues. She is interested in the social dynamic of memory. She works at CNRS - French National Center for Scientific Research, Institut des Sciences sociales du Politique, Nanterre, France.

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Administrations of Memory: Transcending the Nation and Bringing back the State in Memory Studies.- Creating a Collective Memory of the Comfort Women in the USA.- Bangladesh's Father of the Nation and the Transnational Politics of Memory: Connecting Cross-Scale Iterations of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.- The Limits of the Administration of Memory in Settler Colonial Societies: the Australian Case.- The Memory of Prevention. European Anti-Hate Crime Policy and Holocaust Remembrance.- Policing Memory in Bosnia: Ontological Security and International Administration of Memorialization Policies.- The Administration of Post-War Memory in the Franco-German and Franco-Algerian Negotiations.- Administrations of Memory and Modes of Remembering: Some Comments on the Special Issue.- Stretching Selves Through Empathy: the Role of Collective and Official Memories.