Subculture from the viewpoint of Collective memory

Jeffrey K. Olick is an American sociologist, Jr. Professor of Sociology and History and Chair of the Sociology Department at the University of Virginia. He is also co-president of the Memory Studies Association. Olick is a major figure in cultural sociology and social theory and has made significant contributions to the interdisciplinary field of memory studies. His work has focused on collective memory and commemoration, critical theory, transitional justice, postwar Germany, and sociological theory more generally. Recent and forthcoming books include a six-volume collection, A Cultural History of Memory, edited with Stefan Berger (Bochum), «The Collective Memory and The Legendary Topography of the Gospels in the Holy Land», further work includes developing the outlines of what they call “tragic sociology.”