How do diversity and memory mutually shape one another? This volume of the IRTG Diversity
Series shows that a focus on memory introduces an important and contested temporal dimension to
the politics practices and narratives of diversity. Exploring the various entanglements of
historical projections and representations of and from the past with contemporary discourses on
difference and inclusion the articles in this collection problematize memory in relationship
to three (often overlapping) modes of storytelling: literature ethno-biography and
historiography. From the construction of diasporic identities to family migration histories to
the conflicted politics of remembering memories shape diversity be they in the form of shared
memories divided memories or conflicting memories.
