Introduction; Part I. Origins: 1. The psychoanalytic origins of literary trauma studies Andrew Barnaby; 2. Modernity as the cultural crucible of trauma Karolyn Steffens; 3. Deconstruction: trauma inscribed in language Tom Toremans; 4. The Holocaust as the ultimate trauma narrative Anna Hunter; 5. Ptsd: a new trauma paradigm Lisa Diedrich; Part II. Development: 6. Trauma and narrative Joshua Pederson; 7. Problems in representing trauma Marinella Rodi-Risberg; 8. Trauma in non-Western contexts Irene Visser; 9. Trauma and memory Silke Arnold-De Simine; 10. Neuroscience, narrative, and emotion regulations William Seeley; 11. Trauma in the digital age Allen Meek; 12. Feminist interventions in trauma studies Jennifer Griffiths; 13. Healing and post-traumatic growth Suzanne Lalonde; Part III. Applications: 14. Trauma and the literature of war Gerd Bayer; 15. Trauma and sexual violence Emma V. Miller; 16. Postcolonial trauma Jennifer Yusin; 17. Trauma and the visual arts Marie Krüger; 18. The middle passage and race-based trauma Luminita M. Dragulescu; 19. The trauma of displacement Madelaine Hron; 20. Trauma, truth and reconciliation Erica Still; 21. Terrorism: trauma in the excess of affect Michael Richardson; Conclusion: after trauma studies.