Post-War: Remembrance, Recollection, Reconciliation

texture of the memorial to the murdered jews of europe

This one-day interdisciplinary conference is the culmination of the Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation. Over the course of the 2017-18 academic year, the Series has brought together academics, creative practitioners, field-workers and policy-makers to explore textual, monumental and aural commemoration and its role in reconciliation and peace-building. This conference provides an unprecedented opportunity for graduates to contribute to and profit from the Series’ findings. Postgraduate students and early career researchers from all disciplines are invited to share their original research in a conference interested in the purpose, practice, significance and consequences of commemorative acts which respond to and emerge from armed conflict. We are particularly interested in what the future of commemorative practice might look like, and how new technologies and social media are changing the ways in which people remember and heal.

Keynote Speaker: Professor Marita Sturken (Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University)

View the call for papers here.

View the provisional program here.

 

Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation

Contact name: Catherine Gilbert
Contact email: catherine.gilbert@ell.ox.ac.uk
Audience: Open to all