List of Illustrations Introduction: Approaching Historical Reenactments Mario Carretero, Brady Wagoner, and Everardo Perez-Manjarrez Part I: New Theoretical and Methodological Approaches Chapter 1. On Motives for Reenactment: The Kindertransport William Niven Chapter 2. Conceptualizing the Period Rush: Ludic Dimensions of Immersive History in Historical Reenactment Robbert-Jan Addriaansen Part II: Reenactments as Tools of Cultural and National Identities Chapter 3. Historical Reenactments in Spain: A Critical Approach to Public Perceptions of the Iron Age and Roman Past David González- Álvarez, Pablo Alonso-González, and Jesús Rodríguez-Hernández Chapter 4. Reenacting the Reconquista Myth? Some Reflections on Moros y Cristianos Festivals in Spain Ignacio Bresco and Floor van Alphen Part III: Politics of Reenactment: Troubled Pasts, Colonialism, and Democratic Prospects Chapter 5. Statue Wars and Reenactments: Reinterpreting the Colonial Past in Australia Stephen Gapp Chapter 6. From Yogyakarta to Independence: Negotiating Narratives in the Historical Reenactment of Re-colonization in Indonesia Lise Zurne Chapter 7. Memory Sites and Reenacting State Terrorism: The Museum at Argentina’s Naval Mechanics School Marisa González de Oleaga Part IV: Reenactments as Educational Devices in Formal and Informal Contexts Chapter 8. Reenacting the Past in the School Yard: Its Role in History and Civic Education Mario Carretero, Everard Perez-Manjarrez, and Maria Rodriguez-Moneo Chapter 9. Inside Historical Reenactment Tyson Retz Epilogue: What Is the Task of Reenactment? Vanessa Agnew Index