%PDF-1.7 % 1 0 obj <> endobj 2 0 obj <> /ColorSpace <> /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] /ExtGState <> >> /ArtBox [8.5039 8.5039 462.0470 688.8190] /BleedBox [0.0000 0.0000 470.5510 697.3230] /Contents 3 0 R >> endobj 3 0 obj <> stream BT 0 0 0 1 k /GS0 gs /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 51.0236 71.2815 Tm (84)Tj /CS0 cs 1 scn /GS1 gs /TT1 1 Tf 16 0 0 16 112.4969 570.2664 Tm [(T)37.3 (ransnational Sites of Memory \226 )]TJ ( )Tj -0.463 -1.062 Td (Reconstructing Memory in the City)Tj /TT2 1 Tf 14 0 0 14 146.9905 524.9164 Tm [(Aleida and Jan )54.4 (Assmann)]TJ 11.5 0 0 11.5 120.1376 507.6645 Tm [(2017 Balzan Prize for)18.7 ( Collective Memory)]TJ -0.055 Tw 10 0 0 10 51.0236 470.6144 Tm [(Balzan )-54.8 (GPC Adviser: )]TJ 0 0 0 1 k /GS0 gs /TT0 1 Tf 0 Tw 9.417 0 Td (Thomas Maissen)Tj /CS0 cs 1 scn /GS1 gs /TT2 1 Tf -9.417 -1.235 Td (P)Tj [(r)17.7 (oject Dir)18 (ectors: )]TJ 0 0 0 1 k /GS0 gs /TT0 1 Tf [(Aleida and Jan )55.3 (Assmann)]TJ /CS0 cs 1 scn /GS1 gs /TT2 1 Tf 0 -1.235 Td (Affiliated Institution: )Tj 0 0 0 1 k /GS0 gs /TT0 1 Tf (Kulturwissenschaftliches Kolleg Konstanz)Tj /CS0 cs 1 scn /GS1 gs /TT2 1 Tf 0 -1.235 Td (Period: )Tj 0 0 0 1 k /GS0 gs /TT0 1 Tf 3.416 0 Td (2018-)Tj -0.01 Tc -0.075 Tw -3.416 -3.57 Td (Aleida Assmann)Tj -0.021 Tw [( held the Chair of English and Comparative Literature at the University)-10 ( )]TJ 0.108 Tw 0 -1.235 Td (of Konstanz from 1993 until her retirement in 2014. )Tj 0.054 Tw (Jan Assmann)Tj 0.108 Tw [( held the Chair of)-10 ( )]TJ 0 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(Egyptology at the University of Heidelber)17.6 (g from 1972 until his retirement in 2003.)-10 ( )]TJ 0 Tc 0.055 Tw 0 -2.47 Td [(Over the last decades, the )54.6 (Assmanns have seen that dynamics of collective )0.9 (memory )]TJ 0.098 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(are more likely )0.5 (to be shaped by initiatives )1 (and movements )0.5 (from below rather than )]TJ 0.172 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(from )0.5 (the nation)0.5 (al )0.7 (and )0.5 (supra-national )1 (level. )1 (For this )0.6 (reason, their )0.6 (research )0.8 (project )]TJ 0.023 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(emphasizes )1 (European )0.7 (cities )1 (and )0.6 (local )1 (actors )0.7 (as the )0.8 (crucial )1.1 (context )1.1 (for the )0.7 (emer)18 (gence )]TJ 0.068 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(of new memory practices that reshape collective )0.9 (memory and identity in the age of )]TJ -0.019 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(globalization )0.9 (at the beginning of the twenty-first century)65.4 (. Europe is chosen as a frame )]TJ -0.026 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(and context for the project due to the rich international )1.1 (network of experts, teams, and )]TJ 0.207 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(young researchers available. )18.7 (The project )0.6 (will begin with two Balzan )0.6 (Fellowship )]TJ 0 Tw 0 -1.235 Td (holders at Konstanz. )Tj -0.018 Tc -0.056 Tw 0 -2.47 Td [(The project will )0.5 (focus )0.5 (on )0.5 (local memory )0.5 (initiatives )0.5 (and activities that are currently evolving)-18 ( )]TJ 0.062 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(in cities but never make it into the news, nor are they noticed or known\ in neighboring)-18 ( )]TJ 0.136 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(cities. )18 (The )0.5 (guiding premise )0.5 (of the )0.5 (project is )0.5 (that )0.5 (citizens )0.5 (today are confronted )0.5 (with )0.5 (a)-17.9 ( )]TJ 0.149 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(number of memory issues that are reflecting not only radical political c\ hanges and a)-17.9 ( )]TJ 0.168 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(traumatic history)65 (, but also cultural, social and technological changes. )17.5 (The city is not)-17.8 ( )]TJ -0.056 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(defined here in the usual sense as modern, progressive and urban in cont\ rast to the country;)-17.8 ( )]TJ 0.008 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(both cities and towns in industrial and rural contexts are included in t\ he project. Cities as)-18.2 ( )]TJ 0.047 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(well as towns can be defined as a condensation of historical events, as \ a thickening and)-18.1 ( )]TJ 0.182 Tw 0 -1.235 Td [(materialization of history)65 (, as tangible carriers of signs and traces that are eventually)-18 ( )]TJ ET endstream endobj 4 0 obj <> endobj 5 0 obj <> endobj 6 0 obj <> stream HlVTT;TA~˼Ǩ%JDbObh@QlK@]?&ƶ_bƊ'fiEe&fV˕Y}yfy e0#J