1. TIMES OF THE EVENT: AN INTRODUCTION. Issue 1 (7th March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: JUNG, THEO; KARLA, ANNA
• Is Part Of: History and theory. Volume 60:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 75
• Page End: 85
• Publication Date: 2021-03-07
• Subjects: event -- time -- temporality -- historiography -- historical culture; History -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Histoire -- Philosophie -- Périodiques; 901
• DOI: 10.1111/hith.12193
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0018-2656

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This introduction sets the stage for the following contributions by outlining the current state of research on the two fundamental categories that this forum brings together: the event and time. In a brief survey, we discuss the ways in which the temporality of events has been theorized across disciplines. We also present our core argument for understanding the event as a temporal focal point . In dialogue with existing approaches, we seek to develop a theoretically enriched and empirically fruitful conceptualization of the event, thus offering new perspectives to the academic historiography of events as well as to historical culture at large.