Stefan Berger

Writing the History of Memory Stefan Berger

Brief Description: How objective are our history books? In this most recent addition to the Writing History series, Writing the History of Memory examines the critical role that memory plays in the writing of history. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Stefan Berger is Professor of Social History and Director of the Institute of Social Movements and the House for the History of the Ruhr at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Bill Niven is Professor of Contemporary German History at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is author (with JKA Thomaneck) of "Dividing and Uniting Germany" (2000), and of "Facing the Nazi Past" (2001) and "The Buchenwald Child" (2007). He is also the editor of "Germans as Victims" and has published widely on many areas of post-1918 German history. Table of Contents: Introduction - Bill Niven (Nottingham Trent University, UK) and Stefan Berger (Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany)1. Memory and History in the Ancient World - Gordon Shrimpton (Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, Canada)2. Memory and History in the Middle Ages - Kimberly Rivers (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA)3. History-writing and 'Collective Memory' - Mary Fulbrook (UCL, UK)4. Memory as both Source and Subject of Study: The Transformations of Oral History - Lynn Abrams (University of Glasgow, UK)5. Generation and Memory: A Critique of the Ethical and Ideological Implications of Generational Narration - Wulf Kansteiner (Binghamton University, USA)6. Writing the History of National Memory - Stefan Berger and Bill Niven7. "Lieux de memoire" - A European Transfer Story - Benoit Majerus (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)8. On the Memory of Communism in Eastern and Central Europe - Attila Pok (Resarch Centre for Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)9. Holocaust Memoriography and the Impact of Memory on the Historiography of the Holocaust - Peter Carrier (Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Germany)10. History and Memorialisation - Richard Crownshaw (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)"

Contributor Bio:  Berger, Stefan Stefan Berger is Professor of Social History and Director of the Institute of Social Movements and the House for the History of the Ruhr at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Contributor Bio:  Niven, Bill Born and raised in East Kilbride and is a chartered accountant by profession. He served as an army officer in Singapore during national service and was much involved in the development of the East Kilbride new town. Bill was appointed provost( mayor) from 1969 to 1972. He is the President of the Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association and President of Eaglesham Feuars Association & Eaglesham History Society. Contributor Bio:  Berger Monty Berger currently resides in Westmont, Quebec. Brian Jeffrey Street, a documentary filmmaker and journalist, lives in Ottawa. Contributor Bio:  Niven Larry Niven (left) is the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of such classics as "Ringworld, The Integral Trees", and "Destiny's Road". He has also collaborated with both Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes on "The Legacy of Heorot, Beowulf's Children", and the bestselling "Dream Park" series. He lives in Chatsworth, California. Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle were the joint winners of the 2005 Robert A. Heinlein Award.