I am currently seeking proposals (a maximum of 250 words) for possible contributions to a planned edited book on memorialisation in Germany. Please send your proposals to william.niven@ntu.ac.uk by 20th February 2007 at the very latest. Proposals should be in English.

This volume will examine trends in German memorialisation from 1945 to the present. Clearly, defeat in World War Two and the subsequent division of Germany into two politically very different states had an impact on the way the past was remembered and represented; in turn, the end of the Cold War and reunification in 1990 appeared to bring an end to antifascist traditions of memory in the GDR, while arguably also changing West German images of the past. Taking into account this broader historical and political context, the volume will explore developments, continuities and shifts in Germany’s memorial landscapes since 1945. As currently envisaged, the volume will include contributions on:

- memorialisation of the Holocaust (in East and/or West Germany;
- memorialisation of those killed during bombing raids (in East and/or West Germany);
- memorialisation of the expulsion of ethnic Germans (in East and/or West Germany);
- memorialisation of German resistance/antifascism;
- memorialisation of German soldiers (in East and/or West Germany);
- memorialisation of Nazi sites (e.g. Reichsparteitagsgelaende)
- memorialisation at former concentration camp sites, POW camps, euthanasia centres;
- memorialisation since 1990 of SED and Soviet injustice;
- memorialisation of the pre-1933 German past in East Germany, West Germany and united Germany.

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list; currently, the above areas do however represent the main focal points.