Abstract: [Purpose/Significance] On the occasion of Jan Assmann's passing, the pioneer of cultural memory theory, this paper provides a comprehensive review and summary of the key concepts and contributions of cultural memory theory. It also sorts out its development and significant academic influence, while paying homage to scholars and the pursuit of academic research itself. [Design/Methodology] Based on literature analysis, this paper interprets the post-modernity nature of the cultural memory theory to trace the origin of its interdisciplinary influence. [Findings/Conclusion] This paper proposes that digital memory has become the new form and new normal of cultural memory in the digital intelligence era, and digital humanities encompasses a broad spectrum of research on memory in the digital intelligence era. It also examines the correlation between digital memory and digital humanities dialectically. [Originality/Value] With the advancement of metaverse and artificial intelligence technology represented by large language models, a new trend of memory research in the post-digital era is anticipated and some new issues in this field are proposed.

Keywords: Cultural memory, Digital memory, Digital humanities, Postmodern era, Post-Digital era