Binder, Eva; Diem, Christof; Finkelstein, Miriam; Klettenhammer, Sieglinde; Mertz-Baumgartner, Birgit; Milosevic, Marijana; Pröll, Julia (eds.). Opfernarrative in transnationalen Kontexten. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter 2020. (MkE 3)

This edited volume examines the representation of victims beyond the categories of the “victim cult,” self-victimization, and the victim–perpetrator dichotomy. Adopting a transnational perspective, it mainly considers literature written after 1989, leveraging concepts of dialogical and multidirectional memory to facilitate differentiated perspectives in the politics of memory regarding the highly charged figure of the victim.

 

Henke, Daniela; Vanassche, Tom (eds.). Ko-Erinnerung. Grenzen, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven des neueren Shoah Gedenkens. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter 2020. (MkE 2)

In this volume, 18 authors seek to answer the question of whether the memory of genocide, persecution, and structural violence can contribute to solidarity between different groups of victims, and what the epistemological and ethical boundaries of such commemoration might be. The contributions focus on the new Shoah remembrance in a century already marked by incipient geopolitical and biopolitical changes of considerable magnitude.

 

Czerney, Sarah. Zwischen Nation und Europa. Nationalmuseen als Europamedien. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter 2019. (MkE 1)

Is it possible to narrate a national history that is at the same time European? Europe’s national museums must face this challenge. Using three examples from Germany, France, and Poland, the book takes a media science perspective to examine how museums are constructing Europe. What narratives of Europe and its history are they developing? And what does “Europe” and “European” mean for these museums?