During the last two decades there has been a proliferation of public interest and concern
throughout the world in the various cultural and political dimensions and phenomena of war …

An examination of the role of history and memory is vital in order to better understand why
the grand design of a United Europe—with a common foreign policy and market yet enough …

The rise of historical memory, which began in the 1970s and 1980s, has made the past an
increasingly important soft-power resource. At its initial stage, the rise of memory contributed …

'Homesick tourism'commonly refers to the travel of Germans who visit their former homes in
what is now Poland and other Eastern European countries, from which they were expelled in …

Baltic-Russian relations have been complicated and tense since the collapse of the USSR
and the restoration of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian independence. Although Baltic …

This book explores the reinterpretations of Poland's past which have been undertaken by
Polish national and local elites since the fall of communism. It focuses on remembrance …

Memory studies has become a rapidly growing area of scholarly as well as public interest.
This volume brings together world experts to explore the current critical trends in this new …

This chapter provides a framework for the different ways in which language impinges on
conflict as a way through the morass of potential research approaches that could be …

This chapter explores Antonio Gramsci's specific writings about street naming and more
general ideas on hegemony to guide and inspire the study of power and street naming. As a …

Memory and how it interacts with democratic politics remains a thriving theme within both
academic and public debate. In the Baltic states, memory has resonated in both domestic …