Abt. Geschichtswissenschaft

As recent works by prominent theorists of the ‘temporal turn’ have demonstrated, the distinction between past and present, which is constituitive of modern historical knowledge, is now becoming increasingly problematic. Under the influence of the ‘memory boom’ this distinction reveals a weak resolving power that is only exacerbated under the regime of public Consumption of history, often labelled as ‘presentism’. Can it then be argued that the distinction between past and present loses ist normative role for historical thinking? In any case, it seems that this role is becoming less certain. There are notable shifts underway in the modality of historical thinking. It is becoming increasingly virtualized and ist imperative is to be sensitive to the undiscovered possibilities contained in that part of reality that is still commonly referred to as ‘the past’.

Date: 12.02.2025

Time: 10:30 – 18:00

Room: X B2 - 103

Programm: 

• 10:30 – 10:40 Welcome Speech (Lisa Regazzoni)
• 10:40 – 11:00 Introduction to the problem (Andrey Oleynikov)
• 11:00 – 12:00 Folding. Knitting. Swirling. On Non-Linear Modes of Thinking Historicityn (Sina Steglich)
• 12:00 – 13:00 On the Uncertain Historicity of Secularization and its Relationship to Historical Thinking (Berber Bevernage)
• 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 15:00 The Politics of Time in the Disputes over the “Temporal Landmark” Thesis on the Indigenous Lands in Brazil (Walderez Ramalho)
• 15:00 – 16:00 Writing Pourous history in Pourous Times (Achim Landwehr)
• 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break 
• 16:30 – 18:00 The Politics of Time in the Disputes over the “Temporal Landmark” Thesis on the Indigenous Lands in Brazil Lunch Break Writing Pourous history in Pourous Times Coffee Break Discussion on the work and summarizing the workshop (Harry Jansen)

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