The Memory and Activism Working Group (MAWG) tailors to researchers, activists, and practitioners with an interest in the manifold ways by which activism – broadly conceived as relating to but also exceeding protests and social movements – interconnects and overlaps with memory. MAWG seeks to facilitate interdisciplinary and collaborative exchange concerning an empirical terrain characterised by – amongst other connection points between memory and activism – the remembrance of past activism, the role of memory within contemporary activism and activism directed towards mnemonic ends. It does this by sharing news and events, maintaining a list of members (with their specific research interests) and an up-to-date bibliography of relevant research, and by curating an open email discussion list (listserv), Facebook Group, and MSA members website forum (this is exclusively for paid-up members of the MSA).

The group is currently chaired by:
Eline Mestdagh, Ghent University
Alexander Ulrich Thygesen, Aarhus University 
Clara Vlessing, Utrecht University