Edited by Duygu Erbil, Ann Rigney, and Clara Vlessing. This collection addresses two interrelated questions: How are the lived experiences of contention remembered in the form of auto/biography? How is life writing, as an act of cultural remembrance, used in activism? Building on cutting-edge scholarship on the socio-political potential of narrating lived experience, this volume…

Ghent, Belgium, 10-12 September 2025 The thirteenth edition of the Mnemonics summer school will be hosted by the Flemish Memory Studies Network (a collaboration of memory scholars at Ghent University and KU Leuven) and will be held in person in Ghent, Belgium, from Wednesday 10 September 2025 to Friday 12 September 2025. The annual Mnemonics…

Nottingham Trent University, 5-7 June 2025 Keynote: Ann Rigney (Utrecht University)  Organisers: Jenny Wüstenberg, Natalie Braber, Chris Reynolds, Jenny Woodley (AIMS@NTU) “Collective memory is constantly ‘in the works’ and, like a swimmer, has to keep moving even just to stay afloat.” This is how Ann Rigney (2008) conceptualized remembering – not as a fixed repository…

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 Mayor Rachel Streefland, who also delivered the laudatory speech. In her address, Streefland explained that Rigney was receiving the honour for her “groundbreaking and innovative insights that extend…

We are delighted to announce the publication of Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization: Doing Memory Studies with Ann Rigney (De Gruyter, 2025) edited by Astrid Erll, Susanne Knittel, and Jenny Wüstenberg. This book is a liber amicorum as well as an invitation. It honors Ann Rigney’s achievements in chapters written by her students, colleagues, and friends. At…