Johanna Mannergren
Contested Memoryscapes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Presence of Absence in Everyday Peace
Contested Memoryscapes in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Presence of Absence in Everyday Peace examines what lies beyond immediate, visible politics: silences, secrets, voids, and erasures. Through the conceptual lens of “presence of absence,” the book explores the tension between the loss in the past and the politics surrounding that loss in the present. Drawing on emplaced, embodied, and narrative perspectives, it advances understandings of the impact of memory politics on peace and offers new insights into lived realities in Bosnia and Herzegovina – insights that are relevant for other societies grappling with the long-term consequences of mass violence.
Forthcoming publication. Pre-orders will open a few weeks before publication date.
Author
Johanna Mannergren is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Södertörn University, Sweden. Her research concerns peace processes, and she has published widely on topics related to memory, transitional justice, gender, and reconciliation. Her work includes the award-winning, co-authored monograph Peace and the Politics of Memory (2024) and the co-authored monograph Troubling Testimonies: Women’s Narratives of War, Genocide, and Sexual Violence (2026).
