Introduction -- 1 Critical event studies: theories and practices -- 2 Events and contested space (real and virtual) -- 3 Event mediatization -- 4 Events and power -- 5 Events and memory -- 6 Commodification of events -- 7 Protests as events -- 8 The colonization of event discourse -- 9 Resilience and events -- 10 Events and misrule -- 11 Can there be an emancipatory event studies? -- 12 Events histories and narratives -- 13 Conclusion -- References -- Index.