T Adams
Biographic Data
| ID | 8899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | T Adams |
| GIVEN NAMES | T |
| FAMILY NAME | Adams |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0504-1843 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1915 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Holocaust Memory as Cultural Code: The UK National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre as Case Study
This research focuses on the proposed UK National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre as a vibrant site of discursive contestation, investigating the heated public and political debate on this memory initiative that took place between 2019 and 2022 through a twofold analysis of elite intention and public reception. Findings demonstrate that Holocaust memory in the UK is infused with ambivalence and contradictory understandings of what the mean…
The Currency Value of the Holocaust and the Dynamics of ‘Zombie Memory’: Toward a Reconceptualization of Contemporary Holocaust Remembrance
In this article, we reconceptualize how contemporary Holocaust memory functions through the metaphors of common currency and 'zombie memory.' As currency, Holocaust memory is a medium of exchange that is perceived as a commodity produced to satisfy political wants or needs. For the most part, however, Holocaust memory lays dormant until triggered into life by specific events with particular characteristics that associate in the popular imaginary …
Holocaust Memory Transformations in Contemporary Contexts: An Introduction
Importation for comparison as apparatus: Israeli prime ministers and their political strategies of memorialization
Politically grappling with history is a constructive act, one that relies on context, structure, and agency, and is also directed at the forging of cultural coherence. In light of the growing transnationalization of commemoration practices, political actors not only rely on national past but also appeal to historical foreign events in political domestic speech. This research focuses on Israel as a case study for theoretical expansion of the polit…
The return of antisemitism? Waves of societalization and what conditions them
Vernacular de-commemoration: How collectives reckon with the past in the present
This research develops a new framework through which to understand vernacular de-commemoration, as one aspect of bottom-up reckoning with the past through material commemoration. The productivity of breaking with the past distances us away from monumentality and toward action. Vernacular de-commemoration is part of a broad bottom-up process that goes beyond the mere withdrawal of uncomfortable reminders of the past from the public space, or even …
Juggling identities: Identification, collective memory, and practices of self-presentation in the United Nations General Debate
The concept of collective memory receives increasing attention in international relations. This burgeoning scholarship, however, mainly centres on its role as a strategic tool in foreign policy, binding it to national context. This research uses collective memory as an analytical framework to gauge identification processes at the international level. Specifically, we examine how states self-present themselves with various collective We’s and agai…
How do states reminisce? Building relations through bonding narratives
Reminiscing during foreign state visits serves as a discursive means for building interstate relationships. When political leaders strategically narrate their states’ historical legacies, they construct a collective memory that serves as a resource for creating and sustaining amicable relations between states. Studying evocations of past events in 455 speeches delivered during foreign state visits between 2010 and 2020, we demonstrate the prevale…
Memories of Others for the Sake of Our Own: Imported Events in American Presidential Rhetoric (1945–2020)
Reorientation of foreign memories in domestic political speech: Considerations and effects
Within the “politics of memory,” this study conceptually expands understanding of the role of political leaders as active producers of memory. By considering the growing exchangeability of ideas and meanings across cultural and national borders, analysis demonstrates how political leaders adapt and reorient transnational memory narratives’ most iconic events. However, deliberately relying on memories from across the border also embody additional …
Make It Till You Break It: Toward a Typology of De‐Commemoration
Challenging traditional understandings of the past, the toppling of statues of prominent historical figures highlights the ongoing negotiation of collectives with their pasts and the importance of commemoration practices in meaning‐making processes. In Israel, this phenomenon is complex and nuanced, despite its appearance as a lack of concern with revisiting the past. Accordingly, this research examines current practices of de‐commemoration in Is…
Remembering Covid-19: Memory, crisis, and social media
Worldwide, pubic memory initiatives are attempting to memorialize the current COVID-19 crisis whilst it is still ongoing. The Picturing Lockdown collection is one such initiative, led by Historic England (HE), the UK’s statutory adviser on historic environment. Calling out to the public to submit photographed experiences of lockdown to both its website and via social media, HE recruited the public to partake in a national memory-making endeavor. …
Can We Algorithmize Politics? The Promise and Perils of Computerized Text Analysis in Political Research
In recent years, political scientists increasingly have used data-science tools to research political processes, positions, and behaviors. Because both domestic and international politics are grounded in oral and written texts, computerized text analysis (CTA)—typically based on natural-language processing—has become one of the most notable applications of data-science tools in political research. This article explores the promises and perils of …
Sharing the Same Space: How the Memory of the Holocaust Travels in Political Speech
In this research I examine how collective memory travels in political speech. I qualitatively analyze how the memory of the Holocaust is deployed in non-commemorative settings across three national contexts: Israel, Germany, and the US. Findings demonstrate how the memory of the Holocaust is selectively presented and rearranged to support a domestic agenda. Ever-expanding transnationalization has thus heightened interconnectivity, enabling the me…
How the past becomes the past: The temporal positioning of collective memory
Recognizing that the past does not necessarily pass of its own accord but rather is made to pass is crucial for understanding relationships between collective memory, temporality and the past. Analyzing processes of temporal negotiation reveals that changing the ending (or, in some cases creating one at all) requires re-envisioning the entire sequence of events. Thus, the ending (if there is one) depends on the beginning. British prime ministers'…
Solemn and just demands’: Seeking apologies in the international arena
Demands for apology are a prominent rhetorical means for pointing out transgressions in contemporary world politics. They transform ‘seen but unnoticed’ conduct into ‘seen and noticed’ transgression and attach a price tag to the restoration of damaged relations. Nevertheless, compared to the widely discussed practice of apologising, demands for apologies have received scant scholarly attention. In this article we adopt an actor-oriented perspecti…
The memories of others: How leaders import collective memories in political speech
Owing to the increasing presence of globalized communication and the accelerated exchange of cultural products, there is a consensus that collective memories transcend their original contexts. We investigate how imported memories are recruited in political speech to render meaning relevant to domestic publics. Based on a qualitative comparative long-term analysis of speeches held by heads of state in the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel,…
On Cloud Nine”: Positive memories in American Presidential Speeches (1945–2017)
In light of a long chain of horrific tragedies and catastrophes made by both nature and man, the current focus of memory studies on difficult pasts and shameful moments, and the expectation of political leaders to provide comfort and inspiration to their public, this article asks, ‘Is commemoration with joy possible?’ Based on an analysis of 860 American presidential public speeches, this article unpacks the category of positive memories by diffe…
The Foundation Review 8.2 Full Issue
The Foundation Review
Gender and Women's Employment in the Male‐dominated Profession of Dentistry: 1867–1917
Cet article porte sur les expériences des femmes qui ont pratiqué la dentisterie ‐ profession dominée par les hommes ‐ en Ontario entre 1867 et 1917. L'auteure examine l'entrée des femmes dans cette profession et leurs expériences quant à la formation et à la pratique. La situation des femmes qui entraient en dentisterie et de celles qui optaient pour la médecine était différente: les femmes n'ont jamais été exclues de la profession dentaire. Tan…
Australia implements voluntary folate fortification
Personal and Bibliographical
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Remembering Covid-19: Memory, crisis, and social media
Worldwide, pubic memory initiatives are attempting to memorialize the current COVID-19 crisis whilst it is still ongoing. The Picturing Lockdown collection is one such initiative, led by Historic England (HE), the UK’s statutory adviser on historic environment. Calling out to the public to submit photographed experiences of lockdown to both its website and via social media, HE recruited the public to partake in a national memory-making endeavor. …
How the past becomes the past: The temporal positioning of collective memory
Recognizing that the past does not necessarily pass of its own accord but rather is made to pass is crucial for understanding relationships between collective memory, temporality and the past. Analyzing processes of temporal negotiation reveals that changing the ending (or, in some cases creating one at all) requires re-envisioning the entire sequence of events. Thus, the ending (if there is one) depends on the beginning. British prime ministers'…
Make It Till You Break It: Toward a Typology of De‐Commemoration
Challenging traditional understandings of the past, the toppling of statues of prominent historical figures highlights the ongoing negotiation of collectives with their pasts and the importance of commemoration practices in meaning‐making processes. In Israel, this phenomenon is complex and nuanced, despite its appearance as a lack of concern with revisiting the past. Accordingly, this research examines current practices of de‐commemoration in Is…
The memories of others: How leaders import collective memories in political speech
Owing to the increasing presence of globalized communication and the accelerated exchange of cultural products, there is a consensus that collective memories transcend their original contexts. We investigate how imported memories are recruited in political speech to render meaning relevant to domestic publics. Based on a qualitative comparative long-term analysis of speeches held by heads of state in the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel,…
How do states reminisce? Building relations through bonding narratives
Reminiscing during foreign state visits serves as a discursive means for building interstate relationships. When political leaders strategically narrate their states’ historical legacies, they construct a collective memory that serves as a resource for creating and sustaining amicable relations between states. Studying evocations of past events in 455 speeches delivered during foreign state visits between 2010 and 2020, we demonstrate the prevale…
Sharing the Same Space: How the Memory of the Holocaust Travels in Political Speech
In this research I examine how collective memory travels in political speech. I qualitatively analyze how the memory of the Holocaust is deployed in non-commemorative settings across three national contexts: Israel, Germany, and the US. Findings demonstrate how the memory of the Holocaust is selectively presented and rearranged to support a domestic agenda. Ever-expanding transnationalization has thus heightened interconnectivity, enabling the me…
The return of antisemitism? Waves of societalization and what conditions them
Gender and Women's Employment in the Male‐dominated Profession of Dentistry: 1867–1917
Cet article porte sur les expériences des femmes qui ont pratiqué la dentisterie ‐ profession dominée par les hommes ‐ en Ontario entre 1867 et 1917. L'auteure examine l'entrée des femmes dans cette profession et leurs expériences quant à la formation et à la pratique. La situation des femmes qui entraient en dentisterie et de celles qui optaient pour la médecine était différente: les femmes n'ont jamais été exclues de la profession dentaire. Tan…
Vernacular de-commemoration: How collectives reckon with the past in the present
This research develops a new framework through which to understand vernacular de-commemoration, as one aspect of bottom-up reckoning with the past through material commemoration. The productivity of breaking with the past distances us away from monumentality and toward action. Vernacular de-commemoration is part of a broad bottom-up process that goes beyond the mere withdrawal of uncomfortable reminders of the past from the public space, or even …
Memories of Others for the Sake of Our Own: Imported Events in American Presidential Rhetoric (1945–2020)
Solemn and just demands’: Seeking apologies in the international arena
Demands for apology are a prominent rhetorical means for pointing out transgressions in contemporary world politics. They transform ‘seen but unnoticed’ conduct into ‘seen and noticed’ transgression and attach a price tag to the restoration of damaged relations. Nevertheless, compared to the widely discussed practice of apologising, demands for apologies have received scant scholarly attention. In this article we adopt an actor-oriented perspecti…
Holocaust Memory as Cultural Code: The UK National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre as Case Study
This research focuses on the proposed UK National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre as a vibrant site of discursive contestation, investigating the heated public and political debate on this memory initiative that took place between 2019 and 2022 through a twofold analysis of elite intention and public reception. Findings demonstrate that Holocaust memory in the UK is infused with ambivalence and contradictory understandings of what the mean…
Holocaust Memory Transformations in Contemporary Contexts: An Introduction
Juggling identities: Identification, collective memory, and practices of self-presentation in the United Nations General Debate
The concept of collective memory receives increasing attention in international relations. This burgeoning scholarship, however, mainly centres on its role as a strategic tool in foreign policy, binding it to national context. This research uses collective memory as an analytical framework to gauge identification processes at the international level. Specifically, we examine how states self-present themselves with various collective We’s and agai…
Reorientation of foreign memories in domestic political speech: Considerations and effects
Within the “politics of memory,” this study conceptually expands understanding of the role of political leaders as active producers of memory. By considering the growing exchangeability of ideas and meanings across cultural and national borders, analysis demonstrates how political leaders adapt and reorient transnational memory narratives’ most iconic events. However, deliberately relying on memories from across the border also embody additional …
Can We Algorithmize Politics? The Promise and Perils of Computerized Text Analysis in Political Research
In recent years, political scientists increasingly have used data-science tools to research political processes, positions, and behaviors. Because both domestic and international politics are grounded in oral and written texts, computerized text analysis (CTA)—typically based on natural-language processing—has become one of the most notable applications of data-science tools in political research. This article explores the promises and perils of …
On Cloud Nine”: Positive memories in American Presidential Speeches (1945–2017)
In light of a long chain of horrific tragedies and catastrophes made by both nature and man, the current focus of memory studies on difficult pasts and shameful moments, and the expectation of political leaders to provide comfort and inspiration to their public, this article asks, ‘Is commemoration with joy possible?’ Based on an analysis of 860 American presidential public speeches, this article unpacks the category of positive memories by diffe…
Personal and Bibliographical
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Personal and Bibliographical
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Australia implements voluntary folate fortification
Gender and Women's Employment in the Male‐dominated Profession of Dentistry: 1867–1917
Cet article porte sur les expériences des femmes qui ont pratiqué la dentisterie ‐ profession dominée par les hommes ‐ en Ontario entre 1867 et 1917. L'auteure examine l'entrée des femmes dans cette profession et leurs expériences quant à la formation et à la pratique. La situation des femmes qui entraient en dentisterie et de celles qui optaient pour la médecine était différente: les femmes n'ont jamais été exclues de la profession dentaire. Tan…
The Foundation Review 8.2 Full Issue
The Foundation Review
On Cloud Nine”: Positive memories in American Presidential Speeches (1945–2017)
In light of a long chain of horrific tragedies and catastrophes made by both nature and man, the current focus of memory studies on difficult pasts and shameful moments, and the expectation of political leaders to provide comfort and inspiration to their public, this article asks, ‘Is commemoration with joy possible?’ Based on an analysis of 860 American presidential public speeches, this article unpacks the category of positive memories by diffe…
Solemn and just demands’: Seeking apologies in the international arena
Demands for apology are a prominent rhetorical means for pointing out transgressions in contemporary world politics. They transform ‘seen but unnoticed’ conduct into ‘seen and noticed’ transgression and attach a price tag to the restoration of damaged relations. Nevertheless, compared to the widely discussed practice of apologising, demands for apologies have received scant scholarly attention. In this article we adopt an actor-oriented perspecti…
The memories of others: How leaders import collective memories in political speech
Owing to the increasing presence of globalized communication and the accelerated exchange of cultural products, there is a consensus that collective memories transcend their original contexts. We investigate how imported memories are recruited in political speech to render meaning relevant to domestic publics. Based on a qualitative comparative long-term analysis of speeches held by heads of state in the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel,…
How the past becomes the past: The temporal positioning of collective memory
Recognizing that the past does not necessarily pass of its own accord but rather is made to pass is crucial for understanding relationships between collective memory, temporality and the past. Analyzing processes of temporal negotiation reveals that changing the ending (or, in some cases creating one at all) requires re-envisioning the entire sequence of events. Thus, the ending (if there is one) depends on the beginning. British prime ministers'…
Memories of Others for the Sake of Our Own: Imported Events in American Presidential Rhetoric (1945–2020)
Reorientation of foreign memories in domestic political speech: Considerations and effects
Within the “politics of memory,” this study conceptually expands understanding of the role of political leaders as active producers of memory. By considering the growing exchangeability of ideas and meanings across cultural and national borders, analysis demonstrates how political leaders adapt and reorient transnational memory narratives’ most iconic events. However, deliberately relying on memories from across the border also embody additional …
Make It Till You Break It: Toward a Typology of De‐Commemoration
Challenging traditional understandings of the past, the toppling of statues of prominent historical figures highlights the ongoing negotiation of collectives with their pasts and the importance of commemoration practices in meaning‐making processes. In Israel, this phenomenon is complex and nuanced, despite its appearance as a lack of concern with revisiting the past. Accordingly, this research examines current practices of de‐commemoration in Is…
Remembering Covid-19: Memory, crisis, and social media
Worldwide, pubic memory initiatives are attempting to memorialize the current COVID-19 crisis whilst it is still ongoing. The Picturing Lockdown collection is one such initiative, led by Historic England (HE), the UK’s statutory adviser on historic environment. Calling out to the public to submit photographed experiences of lockdown to both its website and via social media, HE recruited the public to partake in a national memory-making endeavor. …
Can We Algorithmize Politics? The Promise and Perils of Computerized Text Analysis in Political Research
In recent years, political scientists increasingly have used data-science tools to research political processes, positions, and behaviors. Because both domestic and international politics are grounded in oral and written texts, computerized text analysis (CTA)—typically based on natural-language processing—has become one of the most notable applications of data-science tools in political research. This article explores the promises and perils of …
Sharing the Same Space: How the Memory of the Holocaust Travels in Political Speech
In this research I examine how collective memory travels in political speech. I qualitatively analyze how the memory of the Holocaust is deployed in non-commemorative settings across three national contexts: Israel, Germany, and the US. Findings demonstrate how the memory of the Holocaust is selectively presented and rearranged to support a domestic agenda. Ever-expanding transnationalization has thus heightened interconnectivity, enabling the me…
The return of antisemitism? Waves of societalization and what conditions them
Vernacular de-commemoration: How collectives reckon with the past in the present
This research develops a new framework through which to understand vernacular de-commemoration, as one aspect of bottom-up reckoning with the past through material commemoration. The productivity of breaking with the past distances us away from monumentality and toward action. Vernacular de-commemoration is part of a broad bottom-up process that goes beyond the mere withdrawal of uncomfortable reminders of the past from the public space, or even …
Juggling identities: Identification, collective memory, and practices of self-presentation in the United Nations General Debate
The concept of collective memory receives increasing attention in international relations. This burgeoning scholarship, however, mainly centres on its role as a strategic tool in foreign policy, binding it to national context. This research uses collective memory as an analytical framework to gauge identification processes at the international level. Specifically, we examine how states self-present themselves with various collective We’s and agai…
How do states reminisce? Building relations through bonding narratives
Reminiscing during foreign state visits serves as a discursive means for building interstate relationships. When political leaders strategically narrate their states’ historical legacies, they construct a collective memory that serves as a resource for creating and sustaining amicable relations between states. Studying evocations of past events in 455 speeches delivered during foreign state visits between 2010 and 2020, we demonstrate the prevale…
The Currency Value of the Holocaust and the Dynamics of ‘Zombie Memory’: Toward a Reconceptualization of Contemporary Holocaust Remembrance
In this article, we reconceptualize how contemporary Holocaust memory functions through the metaphors of common currency and 'zombie memory.' As currency, Holocaust memory is a medium of exchange that is perceived as a commodity produced to satisfy political wants or needs. For the most part, however, Holocaust memory lays dormant until triggered into life by specific events with particular characteristics that associate in the popular imaginary …
Holocaust Memory Transformations in Contemporary Contexts: An Introduction
Importation for comparison as apparatus: Israeli prime ministers and their political strategies of memorialization
Politically grappling with history is a constructive act, one that relies on context, structure, and agency, and is also directed at the forging of cultural coherence. In light of the growing transnationalization of commemoration practices, political actors not only rely on national past but also appeal to historical foreign events in political domestic speech. This research focuses on Israel as a case study for theoretical expansion of the polit…
Holocaust Memory as Cultural Code: The UK National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre as Case Study
This research focuses on the proposed UK National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre as a vibrant site of discursive contestation, investigating the heated public and political debate on this memory initiative that took place between 2019 and 2022 through a twofold analysis of elite intention and public reception. Findings demonstrate that Holocaust memory in the UK is infused with ambivalence and contradictory understandings of what the mean…
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