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*With apologies for cross-posting* University of Warwick The Memory Group of the European History Research Centre (EHRC) & Connecting Cultures Global Research Priority cordially invite you to two events with Prof. Aleida Assmann Public Lecture Transnational Memory and the Construction of History through Mass Media 24 Feb 2016, 5-7pm Humanities Building (Room 5.45) All Welcome Graduate Workshop on Transnational Memory 25 Feb 2016, 10-12 am This workshop will offer graduate students working in the area of memory studies an opportunity to discuss the topic of transnational memory with Prof Aleida Assmann. Spaces are limited and registration is required for the workshop only. Please contact Ms Tracy Smith on [log in to unmask] by 12 Feb 2016. Aleida Assmann was Professor of English Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Konstanz, Germany from 1992-2014. She received an Honorary Degree from the University of Oslo (2008) and the Max Planck Research Award (2009). Her main areas of research are historical anthropology, history of media, history and theory of reading and writing, cultural memory, with special emphasis on the Holocaust and trauma. Publications in English: Memory in a Global Age. Discourses, Practices and Trajectories (ed. with Sebastian Conrad, 2010), Cultural Memory and Western Civilization: Functions, Media, Archives (2012), Memory and Political Change (ed. with Linda Shortt, 2012), Introduction to Cultural Studies: Topics, Concepts, Issues (2012), Empathy and its Limits (ed. with Ines Detmers, 2015), Shadows of Trauma (2015). For further information visit: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/ehrc/events/memory/ Contact: Prof Mark Philp ([log in to unmask]); Maria Roca Lizarazu ([log in to unmask])