Utrecht Forum for Memory Studies

The Utrecht Forum for Memory Studies offers an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working in the field of cultural memory who share a common concern with:

developing new ways of exploring the transnational and trans-medial dynamics of cultural memory in a globalising world;
exploring the complex history of memory cultures;
the role of memory practices in (international) conflict and in conflict resolution.

All those interested are invited to attend our events.

For further information, please contact Ann Rigney

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News

21 January 2025

New publication! Remembering Contentious Lives

Edited by Duygu Erbil, Ann Rigney, and Clara Vlessing. This collection addresses two interrelated questions: How are the lived experiences of contention ...

21 January 2025

CfP Mnemonics 2025: Memory and Responsibility

Ghent, Belgium, 10-12 September 2025 The thirteenth edition of the Mnemonics summer school will be hosted by the Flemish Memory Studies Network (a ...

19 January 2025

CfP: Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization – Future Directions in Memory Studies

Nottingham Trent University, 5-7 June 2025 Keynote: Ann Rigney (Utrecht University) Organisers: Jenny Wüstenberg, Natalie Braber, Chris Reynolds, Jenny ...

21 December 2024

Ann Rigney receives royal decoration for “groundbreaking insights that extend beyond academic walls”

On 6 December 2024, Professor Ann Rigney was appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. Rigney was awarded the Order of the Dutch Lion by Deputy ...

21 December 2024

New Publication!

We are delighted to announce the publication of Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization: Doing Memory Studies with Ann Rigney (De Gruyter, 2025) edited by Astrid ...

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Events

Apr

10 April 2025, 13:15 - 17:00

Workshop Representing Violent Pasts: Museums, Colonialism and Environmental Degradation

On 10 April, the Memory & Heritage Network of Utrecht University and the ERC project Ecologies of Violence: Crimes Against Nature in the Contemporary ...

Apr

11 April 2025, 14:00 - 17:00

UU Heritage Lecture and Dr. Albert van der Zeijden Thesis Award Ceremony

We are excited to announce this year’s UU Heritage Lecture, followed by the Dr. Albert van der Zeijden Thesis Award ceremony to honour the best ...

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