This chapter is an edited dialogue that took place primarily between Roger Simon and Jörn Rüsen during a symposium on historical consciousness in 2001. This dialogue highlights the theoretical dissidence between fundamental concepts of historical consciousness, such as remembrance and historical trace, and how discussions of historical consciousness could be broadened to incorporate more nuanced forms of remembrance. With Simon coming from a postmodern background and Rüsen from a structuralist background, their conversation explored what is theoretically possible through the current conceptualization of historical consciousness. Simon in particular used the conversation to push for a broadened definition of historical consciousness, one that would not be so contingent on narrative.