The time has finally come: after many preparations, we are happy to celebrate the official launch of the new book series ‘Traces. Public History and Heritage Studies’ launch on 18 September 2024.
Programme
There couldn’t be any better place for this launch than this: meet us on that Wednesday in September at the Belvedere Research Center Vienna (entrance Rennweg 4).
We will be providing a YouTube livestream. You can find the link here, just in time for the event:
Moderation by Anna-Marie Kroupová and Klara Valentina Fritz, both University of Vienna (English)
Organisers: the Chair of Cultural Heritage Studies and the Chair of Public History at University of Vienna
5.15 pm: Informal Gathering at the Venue
5.30 pm: Opening Speech by Noémie Étienne and Marko Demantowsky, both Editors (English and German)
5.45 pm: Welcome Address by Jana Fritsche, De Gruyter Academic Publishers (English)
6.00 pm: Jennifer Lahmer-Gebauer, Dortmund, about her book Überzeugungen junger westdeutscher Lehrpersonen zu „1989“, just published 2024 (German)
6.15 pm: Video presentation by Iman Elghonemi and Mariama de Brito Henn, both University of Vienna (English)
6.30 pm: Apéro riche in the Courtyard
What’s it all about?
This series has its home at De Gruyter Academic Publishers (Boston / Berlin) and is edited by Noémie Étienne and Marko Demantowsky. Noémie holds the chair of Cultural Heritage Studies at the University of Vienna, and Marko the one of Public History, just across the office corridor.
This series offers a platform for excellent research achievements. We deliberately use a transdisciplinary approach in order to overcome artificial boundaries when colleagues dedicate themselves to the topic of the series. We publish books from the fields of art history, history, and cultural studies. Books can be published in English, German, and French.
What is the overarching theme? – Grasping cultural traces. This means understanding past events, seizing absences, questioning the present, and apprehending the coming of potential futures. Traces are found in languages and rituals, in recipes and practices, in art and culture. We aim to explore such traces and their readings, because they play a role in inventing and authorizing communities.
We are supported by an outstanding global Advisory Board, covering all aspects and languages we are dealing with:
We are looking forward to seeing you!
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