[ecrea] Call for Paper: Doing Memory of Right-Wing Violence in Mediated Public Spheres

*/Call for Papers/*

*Doing Memory of Right-Wing Violence in Mediated Public Spheres.*

*/International and Interdisciplinary Workshop at Tuebingen University, 
Germany, /**/15-16 October 2017/*

The long history of right-wing violence Western societies have witnessed 
since 1945 includes acts of racist violence, which are socially 
remembered due to the massive media coverage involved. Nevertheless, 
there are also many acts of right-wing violence (against people 
perceived as migrants and refugees, as homeless and Roma, as Jewish, as 
the political left, as LGBTIQ, …) that are almost forgotten. In some 
cases, remembering is organized only by small groups or family members 
of those affected by right-wing actors.

Right-wing violence does not only cause individual fear and trauma but 
also radically unsettles foundations of democratic societies. Hate 
crimes do not regularly address the victimized individual but the whole 
group the individual represents according to the perpetrator’s 
worldview. Additionally, further victimization can occur through 
inadequate reaction by security forces, media, or personal surroundings: 
e.g. blaming the victim of being (partially) responsible for or denying 
the political dimension of the particular act of violence. Our starting 
point is that societies should publicly remember acts of right-wing 
violence.

We are interested in innovative theoretical and empirical studies on 
doing memory of right wing violence in mediated public spheres. 
Furthermore, we would like to encourage younger scholars who are 
interested in sharing their research results on doing memory with us. We 
are looking for studies, which are open for interdisciplinary 
approaches. These studies may, among others, ask how visibility and 
recognition is produced in local or translocal (mediated) public spheres 
and how this changed over time. Highly welcome are also scholars who 
examine doing memory as an act of performance which is embedded in 
conflictual figurations.

We are also looking for studies that examine doing memory of right-wing 
violence in its various forms e.g. exhibitions, literature, political 
action, photography and film, art work, memorials, etc.  Ultimately, we 
would be happy about projects that, beyond the act of remembering, also 
examine the contested forms of legitimization or delegitimization of 
remembering and how this changed over time.

Abstracts (500-1000 words) should outline the theoretical perspective, 
the methodological approach as well as empirical findings.

Proposals may specify whether their author/s require funding and/or have 
other specific needs to attend the conference. Some of the applicants 
may be granted financial support within the limits of available budgets. 
Travel and accommodation can be reimbursed for a certain number of 
invited speakers. Please indicate if you do not have access to 
institutional resources.

Please, send your abstracts until *15^th August 2017* to the following 
e-mail-address: *(tanja.thomas /at/ uni-tuebingen.de) 
<mailto:(tanja.thomas /at/ uni-tuebingen.de)>*

Notification of acceptance will not be later than*31^st August 2017.*

Organizing committee: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Fischer (University of Applied 
Sciences, Esslingen), Prof. Dr. Matthias Lorenz (University of Bern), 
Prof. Dr. Tanja Thomas (Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen), Prof. 
Dr. Fabian Virchow (University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf), Prof. 
Dr. Klaus Weinhauer (University of Bielefeld)

Local organizer:Prof. Dr. Tanja Thomas (University of Tuebingen)

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact: 
(tanja.thomas /at/ uni-tuebingen.de) <mailto:(tanja.thomas /at/ uni-tuebingen.de)>



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