1. Times of the Event: An Introduction

Theo Jung and Anna Karla

Forum: Times of the Event
Volume 1, Number 1 (2021)

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.

Image: “The Ride Home,” by Andre Benz (9 July 2018)