Introduction / by Marion Demossier -- The formation of national identities / Anne-Marie Thiesse -- 'More than its fair share of history': Europe and its recent past / Richard Vinen -- The political structuring of cultural identities in Europe / Marion Demossier -- European identity in a transnational era / Ralph Grillo -- Heritage versus tradition: cultural resources for a new Europe? / Ullrich Kockel -- Dinosaur, shipwreck, or museum piece? The unstable identity of European cinema / Wendy Everett -- Through the looking glass of football / Christian Bromberger -- Parties, identity and europeanisation: an asymetrical relationship? / David Hanley -- Remapping regionalism in Europe / Peter Wagstaff -- Cultural identities and the European city / Susan Milner.