In recent years, scholarly interest in the interconnections between social movements and
memory has been growing significantly. In this article, we outline and discuss this emerging …

In this timely and innovative book, Tamar Katriel takes a language and discourse-centred
approach to the subject of peace activism in Israel-Palestine, one of the most significant …

Members of generations who participated in seminal national events tend to be identified as
'canonical'and become a model for proper behaviour; they are important carriers of memory …

Abstract In September 2013 the Iranian authorities inaugurated the Holy Defense Museum
(Muzeh-i Dafa'-i Moqaddas) in the capital Tehran that also hosts a Martyrs' Museum (Muzeh …

Berlin has been a laboratory of museums since the second 20th century in terms of
collections, buildings, and political issues. The fall of the Wall led to an almost complete …

Human faces are not usually objects of disgust. However, this can be diffuse if there are
some kind of malformations or if they are masks of dead people. Corpses disgust us not only …

War museums today face a number of challenges which contest their traditional approach:
Peace keeping has become a prime task of international politics and organizations; …

The past, as historians constitute it, is the result of negotiation and debate. Final as it may
seem once written down, however, the past frequently turns out not to be settled. In fact …