Public Pantheons in Revolutionary Europe / War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850 (PDF)

EVELINE G. BOUWERS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Bielefeld University, Germany. Her current research focuses on the use of violence and iconoclasm in the culture wars of modern Europe. She studied history, art history, and political science in Utrecht, Leuven and Amsterdam and holds a PhD from the European University Institute.

“The role of historical memory in modern culture and the politics of commemoration have become of immense importance to historians over recent years. … Eveline Bouwers’s book makes a fascinating, richly-documented and well-written contribution to this area of debate. … Well-written, with a good eye for detail and the telling quotation from primary sources, Bouwers’s important contribution to the scholarship of historical memory will be of great interest to anyone working on nineteenth-century political culture, national identity and the politics of remembrance.” (Michael Rapport, English Historical Review HER, Vol. 131 (548), February, 2016)





“There is a great deal in this very impressive and accomplished book to recommend it to both scholars and students. Bouwers operates with enviable assurance in four very different historical contexts (and languages), her interdisciplinary approach is cogent, and her case studies are very informative.” (Richard Wittman, European Review of History - Revue européenne d'histoire, Vol. 22 (06), 2015)





“Covering four nations and four languages, this thought-provoking, ambitious and impressively researched work offers an insightful comparative and transnational study of ‘cultures of remembrance’ in Europe during the age of revolutions. … Bouwers’s erudite comparative and transnational study forms a noteworthy addition to the literatures on modern cultures of remembrance, collective memory, and ultimately also national identity (including its limits).” (Brian Vick, German History, Vol. 32 (3), September, 2014)





“As a transnational phenomenon, pantheon construction merits attention by anyone interested in the notion of “Europe” in the Enlightenment and revolutionary eras. In her recent book, Eveline Bouwers focuses attention on the relationships among British, French, Italian, and German pantheons. Working with admirable multilingual facility, Bouwers draws on