Contested Memories and the Demands of the Past

Catharina Raudvere is Professor in the Department of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research interests focus on contemporary Islam, Muslim ritual life, and everyday religion.

• 1: History as a Mirror and Places of Belonging. Some Introductory Remarks on History Cultures in the Muslim World.- 2: Negotiating the Homeland. Diasporic Consciousness and Social Stratification among Hadramis in the Indian Ocean.- 3:The Flag and the Street. Egypt’s Generous Moment in 2011.- 4: Public Narratives and the Construction of Memory among European Muslims.- 5: Community Life of the Polish Muslim Tatars. The Conceptions and Transmission of Religious and Cultural Heritage.- 6: “There Can Be No Other Sun in the Sky”: Political myth, spirituality and legitimacy in contemporary Kazakhstan.- 7: The Politics for Cultural Heritage in Turkey Today. AKP’s Uses of History in Political Rhetoric, Relation to Cultural Heritage in General and the Ottoman Legacy in Particular.- 8: Remembering Home. Christians, Muslims and the Outside World in Late-Ottoman Cilicia and Cappadocia.- 9: Experience and Literary Expression. Aleksandar Hemon and the Issue(s) of Bosnian Identities in Yugoslavia, (Post)war Times and Diaspora.