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33: 334:), suggesting in its place alternative conceptualizations of "postmemory", introducing a corresponding concept of "pre-memory" (when the memory of an event is shaped by memories of earlier events), and adding an original notion of "pre-forgetting" (with reference to concerns over the forgetting of an event that are raised prior to when it occurs). Examining modern cases of destruction of monuments, with reference to classical scholarship on 344:
does not necessary efface memory but in effect can instigate ambiguous remembrance, through which the former sites of commemoration and the acts of destruction continue to be recalled locally. While his case studies are often grounded in modern Irish history, Beiner has demonstrated the broader
307:) in order to broaden the scope of historical investigations of unofficial sources and to explore the interfaces of oral traditions with popular print and various other media, including visual and material culture. He has repeatedly called for a critical rethinking of the concept of 263:. At Ben-Gurion University, he repeatedly received the Rector's prize for teaching excellence and was twice the recipient of the David and Luba Glatt Prize for Exceptional Excellence in Teaching. . In September 2021, he was named the Sullivan Chair in Irish Studies at 421:
asserted that "Guy Beiner has contributed to opening a new page in the history of memory, that of forgetting. He writes about the particular case of Ireland but the perspectives which he opens concern all historians of memory." Commenting on the book,
299:. In recent years, he has primarily focused on advancing the historical study of "social forgetting". His academic work is distinguished for its innovative interrogation of less-conventional sources drawn from popular culture and in particular 361:: Madison, 2007; paperback 2009) won a number of international awards, including the 2007 Ratcliff Prize for "an important contribution by an individual to the study of Folklore or Folk Life in Great Britain and Ireland" and the 2008 330:, has led him to explore more sophisticated categorizations of social remembrance and to develop the study of "social forgetting". He has also contested the validity of conventional use of the term "postmemory" (as coined by 400:
for "the best book combining historical and folkloristic methods and materials", and received an Honorable Mention for the James S. Donnelly, Sr., Prize for Books in History and Social Sciences. It was short-listed for the
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for "an outstanding major work of extraordinary scholarly distinction, creativity, and originality in the intellectual and cultural history of Europe since the Renaissance", the 2019
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Beiner, Guy (2016). "Making Sense of Memory: Coming to Terms with Conceptualisations of Historical Remembrance". In McGarry, Fearghal; Grayson, Richard S. (eds.).
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Beiner, Guy. "Forgetting to Remember Orr: Death and Ambiguous Remembrance in Modern Ireland". In Kelly, James; Lyons, Mary Ann (eds.).
369:(NCPH) Book Award, commended for "outstanding contribution in the subfield of public history and policy", and was listed for the 2008 220:(UCD). He was a Government of Ireland Scholar at UCD, an Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Fellow at 1282: 1153: 470: 455: 1302: 1018: 402: 1166: 225: 430:, wrote that Beiner's "intellectual ambition puts him in a different league from most Irish historians of his generation". 1322: 396:
awarded biannually by the National University of Ireland for "the best new work of Irish Historical Research", the 2020
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for a book determined to have a profound literary, social and academic impact in the area of history.
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Forgetful Remembrance: Social Forgetting and Vernacular Historiography of a Rebellion in Ulster
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Forgetful Remembrance: Social Forgetting and Vernacular Historiography of a Rebellion in Ulster
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Forgetful Remembrance: Social Forgetting and Vernacular Historiography of a Rebellion in Ulster
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Beiner's research has largely been devoted to the study of remembrance and forgetting in
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Remembering 1916: The Easter Rising, the Somme and the Politics of Memory in Ireland
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for an outstanding publication in history and folklore. It was a finalist for 2008
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described the book as "'bottom-up' history at its best" and the French historian
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Pandemic Re-Awakenings: The Forgotten and Unforgotten 'Spanish' Flu Of 1918-1919
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Pandemic Re-Awakenings: The Forgotten and Unforgotten 'Spanish' Flu of 1918-1919
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in Budapest, a Gerda Henkel Marie Curie Fellow at the Faculty of History of the
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applicability of his theoretical innovations for historical studies elsewhere.
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Guy Beiner at the Dept. of General History, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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books of the year as "Best Flying the Green Flag". The American historian
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Death and Dying in Ireland, Britain, and Europe: Historical Perspectives
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Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory
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for "the most distinguished contribution to folklore studies", the 2019
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Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory
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Remembering the Year of the French Irish Folk History and Social Memory
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Guy Beiner at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies website
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The Department of General History, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Cundill International Prize in History longlist annunciation
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of the late-modern period with particular expertise in
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Academic staff of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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University of Wisconsin Press. 409:, subsequently appearing in the 283:, with a particular interest in 208:region. Beiner is a graduate of 1283:Historians of the modern period 1175: 1146: 1131: 1113: 1095: 1081: 1067: 1053: 1039: 1025: 1011: 973:Journal of Contemporary History 894: 880: 861: 847: 798:Journal of Contemporary History 770:Journal of Historical Geography 696: 681: 433: 394:Irish Historical Research Prize 64:Irish Historical Research Prize 642: 627: 609: 591: 564: 538: 520: 506: 492: 242:St Catherine's College, Oxford 1: 1303:21st-century Irish historians 750:Cultural & Social History 485: 478:: Oxford and New York, 2020) 463:: Oxford and New York, 2018) 446:University of Wisconsin Press 359:University of Wisconsin Press 758:Journal of Folklore Research 7: 1089:"Donnelly Prize Recipients" 577:. 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George L. Mosse Prize
Katharine Briggs Award
Irish Historical Research Prize
Wayland D. Hand Prize
Alma mater
Tel Aviv University
University College Dublin
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Boston College
Memory studies
Irish studies
Oral history
Oral tradition
Folklore
Spanish flu
History of terrorism
Guy Beiner
historian
Irish history
Jerusalem
Glil Yam
Negev
Tel Aviv University
PhD
University College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin
National Endowment for the Humanities
University of Notre Dame
Central European University

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