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Professor of History & Memory Studies @ Nottingham Trent University - https://jennywustenberg.com/

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Feb 5

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Professor Jenny Wüstenberg's Inaugural Lecture

In her inaugural lecture, Jenny Wüstenberg will make the case that telling stories about our collective past is essential to confronting the polycrisis we face today. Drawing on her research over the ...

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · 22h

Mixed emotions as I travel home from
Ghent after our very final @slowmemo.bsky.social retreat. I am proud of what we’ve accomplished, excited to see how we collaborate next, a bit tired - but most of all so thankful that I got to work with this absolute dream team for 4 years. Miss you already!!

Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · 13d

youtu.be/h_xwJ5u9I8o Great short way to explain why smartphones are so harmful for kids. Not that I have figured out a way to protect mine from them effectively. But changing the norm is essential.

Smartphone Free Childhood US - "Let's Change The Norm"

YouTube video by Smartphone Free Childhood US

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · 14d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Fantastic example of memory activism.

New statue on National Mall celebrates ‘long-lasting bond’ between Trump and Epstein

Bronze statue by an anonymous creator shows the two men frolicking and holding hands with a foot kicked back in joy

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · 21d

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If you are nearby, please join us on *Oct.2 at 4 PM* at the House of European History in Brussels for discussions, refreshments & tours through the "Presence of the Past" exhibition to celebrate 4 years of research & engagement on @slowmemo.bsky.social. Register 🔽

Slow Down How You Remember!

"New perspectives to shape our collective past and future". How do we remember in an age of fast-moving change? How can slowing down our approach to memory open new ways of engaging with Europe’s past...

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Sep 6

Dropping off our oldest kid at uni today and feeling all the feels.

Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Why Trump’s attack on the Smithsonian matters | Kimberlé Crenshaw and Jason Stanley

The president’s assault on US museums, education and memory is a critical dimension of his fascist aims

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Aug 19

Fascinating study by @findingnature.bsky.social argues that lack of nature connectedness is “a key root of the environmental crisis” and finds around 60% decline in use of “nature words” in books between 1800 and 2020 #slowmemory

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Aug 16

Although we only saw each other once or twice a year at Memory Studies gatherings, I cannot imagine them without Wulf. He was always incredibly warm & engaging, even when he was provocative, which he loved being. What a catastrophe.

Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Aug 14

🕊In Memoriam: Wulf Kansteiner

With great sadness, the MSA shares the news that Wulf Kansteiner passed away on 8 August.

Read the full tribute on our website: bit.ly/3UZB0Lb

Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Aug 11

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Clearly something for the
@slowmemo.bsky.social list.

‘The ocean is spitting our rubbish back’: Italy’s museum of plastic pollution

Faded items dating back to 1950s have been found on Italian beaches, underscoring plastic’s problematic longevity

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Happy Family books were a staple of both my and my kids childhood. Sad news.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 6

Allan Ahlberg, a beloved author of best-selling children’s books, many of them illustrated by his wife, Janet Ahlberg, has died at 87.

Allan Ahlberg, Whose Children’s Books Were Best Sellers, Dies at 87

Over five decades, he produced some 150 books, many of them illustrated by his wife, Janet Ahlberg, including classics like “Each Peach Pear Plum.”

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Jul 18

The @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Prague is drawing to a close tonight and I can only congratulate Katerina Kralova, Rose Smith & the whole team! It was wonderful to talk to so many people about @slowmemo.bsky.social and hang out with the crew!

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Jul 14

Do speak to Jeff Olick or Aline Sierp or me if you have an idea for the series!

Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · Jul 14

Today begins the annual meeting of the #MSA2025 (‪‪ @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social‬)!

We're highlighting our series WORLDS OF MEMORY, published in collaboration with the #MemoryStudiesAssociation: bit.ly/3ZGRhYq

authors incl.
@jennywustenberg.bsky.social
@profsarajones.bsky.social

#MemoryStudies

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Jul 13

The Memory Studies Association Conference in Prague begin tomorrow and there are stickers!!!

Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Jul 13

“Cesar in Egypt” last night in the little Czech town of Znojmo was a tour de force - famous counter tenor Andreas Scholl was joined by a world class cast of Czech singers. A real treat. Now en route to the @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social in Prague!

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Jul 10

If you are in Dorset this or next weekend, come find out about MEMO - the visionary project aiming to commemorate biodiversity loss while revitalising a local community. So happy that Nottingham Trent University continues to support and engage with MEMO!

Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Jul 4

A massive thank you to Alice Semedo & Isabel Machado Alexandre & their whole team, who put on such a wonderful and reflective conference for the #SlowMemory COST Action!!

Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Jul 1

I'm very eagerly anticipating the start of our fourth and final @slowmemo.bsky.social COST Action conference at the University of Porto tomorrow. Judging by the prep done by the stellar team led by Prof Alice Semedo, it is going to be absolutely fantastic. #slowmemory

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Jun 22

Our weekend was dominated by (we think successful) efforts to save this little Goldfinch after our cats attacked. Welcome distraction given world events, but thinking of Iranians & Israelis trying to stay safe.

Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Jun 18

Honoured to be giving one of the keynotes at this conference, along with @andrewhoskins.bsky.social
Submission deadline is July 31 ⬇️
cosmos.sns.it/news/call-fo...

Call for papers: Memory and social movements in democratic crises

The Centre on Social Movement Studies

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · Jun 14

Should really make a habit of listening to my daughter’s crocheted advice.

Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · May 31

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
An extraordinary leader. Makes me hopeful, but also sad about where we are at.

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America

Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Gua...

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · May 30

Less than a week to go to our AIMS@NTU conference "Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization – Future Directions in Memory Studies" with a keynote by Ann Rigney and Roundtables on the most pressing issues (not just for our field)! Check out the program 👇 aimsntu.org/conference/

Conference - Welcome to the AIMS project

THE CONFERENCE Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization – Future Directions in Memory Studies Accommodation and Travel Nottingham Sights Programme Register Accommodation and Travel The conference will take p...

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · May 26

Are you coming to this year's Memory Studies Association conference in Prague? If so, have you gotten your MSA swag yet?! The MSA is trying a new way of reducing the conference's footprint by allowing only *in-advance* orders for people coming *in person*. So don't miss out!! mymerchstore.net/en/

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · May 25

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As always, @hahauenstein.bsky.social provides lucid analysis of German memory politics

Germany trumpets its reckoning with its Nazi past – except when it’s inconvenient | Hanno Hauenstein

From a media prize with a dubious pedigree to the horrors of Gaza, the establishment forgets and remembers what suits it best, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein

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Jenny Wüstenberg @jennywustenberg.bsky.social · May 22

This is a question I address in this article from a little over 3 years ago: theconversation.com/climate-and-...