Cultural Memory Studies: An International and Interdisciplinary Handbook (2008), edited by Astrid Erll and Ansgar Nünning, serves as a foundational reference that defines cultural memory as the interplay of past and present in socio-cultural contexts. The volume provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary survey bridging humanities, social sciences, and neuroscience to analyze how societies remember through media, literature, and sites of memory. For an overview of the handbook's structure, visit De Gruyter Brill . Cultural Memory Studies: An Introduction - De Gruyter Brill