The author examines the relationship between past and present to reflecton the perception of time in the era of the digital revolution. The time of digital pres-entism is not linear but circular. The arrival point coincides ...

By providing a facilitated access to data storage, digital technologies seemto make expression and preservation of the self more straightforward. They reconfi-gure the means and forms of access to data, thus also affecting ...

Although public history is becoming increasingly international, the field remains difficult to define and subject to some criticism. Based on sometimes longestablished public practices, public history displays new approaches ...

For memorials, museums, and research institutions as well as for scholars and historians, the Internet has become an indispensable tool for the dissemination of knowledge about the Holocaust. These representatives of a ...

This essay introduces the special section on Fallen Monuments. It explores the importance of monuments as one of the ways in which publics engage with the past and explains why they often become sites of debate and ...

In modern societies two processes seem to be carried on simultaneously. On one side, the traditional shape assumed by historical knowledge seems dissolving. On the other side, another exigence has to be affirmed: the ...

In May 2017, the House of European History opened its doors in Brussels. Long awaited, this new museum represents a small revolution in the museum landscape. It stands out both because of the scale of the project - the ...

Democratic memory is an issue that continues to be very present in public debate in Spain. Even today, there are still sectors of society that legitimise the figure of Franco, while the main right-wing parties question the ...

The paper first discusses the hermeneutics of Public History (PH) as a discipline that responds to the needs of the present, describing its participatory methods and interaction with society and its various communities. ...

Dal nuovo film di Kornél Mundruczó provengono alcuni spunti per ripensare il nostro rapporto con la memoria della shoah e le modalità per comunicarle evitando le trappole della retorica.