Table of Contents

Introduction: Afterlife of Events: Perspectives of Mnemohistory; Marek Tamm PART I: THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS 1. Historical Event between the Sphinx and the Phoenix; Francois Dosse 2. Events, Proper Names, and the Rise of Memory; Nikolay Koposov 3. Accelerating Change and Trigger Events; Olivier Remaud 4. Theories of Cultural Memory and the Concept of 'Afterlife'; Aleida Assmann 5. Literature and the Afterlife of Events: The Lost and Haunted World of Austerlitz; Siobhan Kattago PART II: EMPIRICAL ANALYSES 6. Exodus and Memory; Jan Assmann 7. Convulsion Recalled: Aftermath and Cultural Memory (post-1798 Ireland); Joep Leerssen 8. Celebrating Final Victory in Estonia's 'Great Battle for Freedom': The Short Afterlife of 23 June 1919 as National Holiday, 1934-1939; Karsten Bruggemann 9. Novemberland: 9th November, The German Master Example of Hauntology; Claus Leggewie 10. German Pasts in a Russian City - Kaliningrad between 1946 and 2006; Stefan Berger 11. Can a Criminal Event in the Past Disappear in a Garbage Bin in the Present? Dutch Colonial Memory and Human Rights: The Case of Rawagede; Chris Lorenz 12. Do Apologies End Events? Bloody Sunday 1972-2010; Ann Rigney Afterthoughts on Afterlives; Peter Burke