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Dr. Benjamin Nienass is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Law.
His research on the politics of memory has appeared in The Review of Politics, Politics and Society, the German Studies Review, Globalizations, the Latin American Research Review, Current History, and many other journals, as well as in several edited volumes. He is also the co-editor of "Silence, Screen, and Spectacle: Rethinking Social Memory in the Age of Information" (Berghahn, 2014; paperback in 2017) and of special issues in the International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society (2013), Memory Studies (2016), Social Research (2016), and German Politics and Society (2021).
Dr. Nienass received his PhD from the Department of Politics at the New School for Social Research in New York and has received fellowships from the Collège d'études mondiales in Paris and the Humanities Center at the University of Rochester. He previously served as co-chair of the memory studies network in the German Studies Association.
Research interests
Politics of memory.
Scholarly Interests
Political Theory, Memory Studies
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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The Struggle for Memory and Justice in Mexico
Alonso, A. D. & Nienass, B., 1 Feb 2022, In: Current History. 121, 832, p. 43-49 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Introduction; Innocence and the Politics of Memory
Bach, J. & Nienass, B., Mar 2021, In: German Politics and Society. 39, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Memory activism and mexico’s war on drugs: Countermonuments, resistance, and the politics of time
Délano Alonso, A. & Nienass, E., 2021, In: Latin American Research Review. 56, 2, p. 353-370 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transnational memories, national memory regimes: Commemorating the Armenian genocide in Germany
Nienass, B., Feb 2020, In: German Studies Review. 43, 1, p. 127-147 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Mexico city's memorial to the victims of violence and the facade of participation
Nienass, B. & Alonso, A. D., 14 Oct 2019, Museums and Sites of Persuasion: Politics, Memory and Human Rights. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 153-173 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Researchers from New School Report Recent Findings in Social Science (Memory Protest and Contested Time: The Antimonumentos Route in Mexico City)
9/08/23
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9/11 Memorial & Museum to host program highlighting victims that were undocumented immigrants
18/10/22
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Families Of Undocumented Immigrants Lost On 9/11 Continue To Search For Closure
10/09/21 → 11/09/21
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Families Of Undocumented Immigrants Lost On 9/11 Continue To Search For Closure
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