Contemporary history institute

Who said all history is contemporary history?
The Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce once said, “all history is contemporary history” and written from the point of view of contemporary preoccupations..
Why is the study of contemporary history important?
The aim of contemporary history is to conceptualise, contextualise and historicise – to explain – some aspect of the recent past or to provide a historical understanding of current trends or developments..
Contemporary history is either a subset of the late modern period, or it is one of the three major subsets of modern history, alongside the early modern period and the late modern period.
In the social sciences, contemporary history is also continuous with, and related to, the rise of postmodernity.
The IfZ was originally founded in 1949 as the very first institution for academic research and scholarship on the Nazi dictatorship.
Since then, its scope has expanded significantly to include four main topics: Dictatorships in the 20th century.
Democracies and their historical self-perceptions.
The Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce once said, “all history is contemporary history” and written from the point of view of contemporary preoccupations.

Diplomacy, Strategy and Development. Power and politics within modern nation-states in East Asia, Europe, and the United States.

Who said all history is contemporary history?