I am seeking a German case study as a contribution to a forthcoming volume entitled "Remembering the Great War". The book is concerned with current day practices and politics of remembering the First World War, including the relationship between family history and public representations of war, and the continuing politics of remembering the war beyond those who actually experienced it.

I am keen that a German study should be included in this volume, not simply on account of German centrality to the war. The volume would benefit from an examination of the nature of remembering of the First World War in Germany in the context of the struggles over the Nazi past and the legacies of the Second World War. How does present day commemoration of the First World War fit in this schema? Can it be divorced from what followed? How is the German government approaching the centenary? What initiatives (and tensions) might there be from non-state actors, including families, museum curators, film-makers?

A chapter on this topic would be included in a section on the return of the war to public prominence in a whole series of different national and even transnational contexts.

The book has been accepted by Routledge UK, and drafts would be required by October this year. I would be very pleased to have proposals from interested authors. Please email me at bziino@deakin.edu.au to indicate your interest.

With best regards,

Bart Ziino

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Dr Bart Ziino

Lecturer

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Deakin University

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