CONN 310 | Memory, History and Identity in Contemporary Europe

How do societies shape their collective identities based on their pasts? Who gets to decide how the past is remembered and what are the roles of governments, museums, memorials and monuments in narrating it? How do societies choose to debate and reinterpret formative historical events? This course explores these questions by focusing on collective memory in contemporary Europe. The main themes of this course are memories of the Holocaust, European empires and communism that continue to shape identity, culture and politics in countries across Europe. The course draws on different disciplinary perspectives and a wide range of source materials to explore these themes. Affiliated with History.