Here you can find foundational texts relating to the field of memory studies. This list is not exhaustive. All links are to MacOdrum Library, Carleton Univerisity, where you can find a copy of the texts, or access to the ebook versions.

On Collective Memory  -Maurice Halbwachs (1992)

The Texture of Memory – James Young (1993)

Realms of Memory – Pierre Nora (1996-1998)

Present Pasts – Andreas Huyssen (2003)

Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity – Jeffrey C. Alexander, et al (Eds.) (2004)

Prosthetic Memory – Alison Landsberg (2004)

Multidirectional Memory – Michael Rothberg (2009)

A Companion to Cultural Memory Studies – Astrid Erll & Ansgar Nünning (Eds.) (2010)

Memory, Histories, Theories, Debates – Susannah Radstone Susannah & Bill Schwarz (Eds.) (2010)

Memory in Culture – Astrid Erll (2011)

The Collective Memory Reader – Jeffrey K. Olick, Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi & Daniel Levy (Eds.) (2011)

The Generation of Postmemory – Marianne Hirsch (2012)