Memory Studies

Memory Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the study of "the social, cultural, political and technical shifts affecting how, what and why individuals, groups and societies remember and forget". The journal's editors-in-chief are Andrew Hoskins (University of Glasgow), Amanda Barnier (Macquarie University), Wulf Kansteiner (State University of New York), and John Sutton (Macquarie University). It was established in 2008 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.

JAPANESE WAR BRIDES IN AMERICA

In the countries featured in Japanese War Brides in America: An Oral History, people conventionally celebrate marriage by donning ritual attire, preparing official documents, and performing religious rites and ceremonies.

Past & Present Latest Issue Published

No 218; the latest issue of Past & Present for February 2013 has been published. Founded in 1952, Past & Present is widely acknowledged to be the liveliest and most stimulating historical journal in the English-speaking world. Past & Present is a British historical academic journal, which was a leading force in the development of social history.

Went and not heard the sad tune of my song’s resonance…

In the evening of January 17, art and music world of Iran mourned in memory of one of the most distinguished professors and composers, Homayoun Khorram. Leading artist’s death gave us an opportunity to introduce his Memoirs to our dear readers. Recording the Memoirs of elite like him is an imperative for the next generation and we hope that all the artists and elite of our country consider it more than previous. Also, we hope that they make their story indelible for the people’s history before they pass away.

SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Oral History series edited by Linda Shopes and Bruce M. Stave, Soldiers and Citizens presents a collection of oral history interviews primarily with American soldiers, but also with family members, pundits, policy officials, and a few international interviewees. After providing a useful introduction and initial chapter focused on sketching out a brief history of American contacts with Iraq, Mirra groups the oral histories into four thematic chapters.

AWAKENING ISLAM

While also a social history of the Saudi Islamist movement, Stéphane Lacroix’s Awakening Islam examines the origins of a failed “insurrection” in the early 1990s against the Saudi state by an Islamist movement it had earlier nurtured.

Historical Studies Quarterly Published

Up to now 36 issues of Historical Studies Quarterly have been published by Political Studies and Researches Institute. The last 4 issues have been available published with a long delay and the last issue is still not up to date, since it is for the spring of 2012. Here is the list of contents for these four issues. It should be mentioned this quarterly is published in Persian but at the end of each issue the English translations of articles are presented.

Past & Present Latest Issue Published

Volume 217 Issue 1, of Past & Present has been published in November 2012.Here are the contents of this issue: Robin Fleming Recycling in Britain after the Fall of Rome’s Metal Economy Past and Present (2012) 217(1): 3-45 doi:10.1093/pastj/gts027 - Eric R. Dursteler

Book reveals Docs on Iran Novin Party

A book has been published by the Republic Iran Publications and the Book House Institute revealing documents about the Iran Novin Party or the New Iran Party. IBNA: The work entails 87 historically approved documents about the activities and measures by the leaders of the party in Iran and their party gatherings.

REVISITING AKENFIELD: 40 YEARS OF AN ICONIC TEXT

Ronald Blythe’s Akenfield, now forty years old, is generally acknowledged as one of the most influential books in the field of oral history.1 First published in 1969, Akenfield is a classic which still has the power to move the reader with its unsentimental, straightforward descriptions of a rural life that was hard, unremitting and something to be endured. This evocative portrait of life in an East Anglian village illustrated the potential for a new kind of history which told the stories of ordinary folk in their own words. To the twenty-first century reader it is a powerful description of a world we have lost.