For the vast majority of contemporary Israelis, the Holocaust is an acquired memory.
However, over the years its presence has not diminished but rather is on the rise. We …

When discussing large social trends or experiences, we tend to group people into
generations. But what does it mean to be part of a generation, and what gives that group …

We asked Americans to tell us the national and world events that they believe to have been
especially important since the 1930s, using replicated cross-section surveys carried out in …

The impressionable years thesis asserts that early adulthood is accompanied by increased
attitudinal vulnerability. Although there is tentative empirical evidence to support this idea, it …

We bring together survey data from sources both new and old in order to test the
generational hypothesis that national and world events experienced during a “critical period” …

The title of this volume, On Media Memory, echoes, of course, Maurice Halbwachs' seminal
work On Collective Memory (1992/1925, 1980/1950), but it also denotes the uniqueness of …

The chorus of the Christian hymn “Amazing Grace” reads,“I once was lost, but now am
found,/Was blind but now I see.” Composed by a minister who formerly worked as a slave …

In an interview on the occasion of Holocaust Memorial Day in 1965, Ya'akov Talmon, one of
Israel's most respected historians, said:'personally I feel that maybe, in this generation, we …

In this study, we shed light on the social consequences the Russian invasion of Ukraine in
2022 has had in other European countries. We argue that positive perceptions of one's …

In this wide-ranging study of the politics of memory in Northern Ireland, Brian Conway
examines the'career'of the commemoration of Bloody Sunday, and looks at how and why the …