Memory and History: Museums, Monuments, Collective Memory, and Public Controversies

Overview

Subject area

HIST

Catalog Number

740

Course Title

Memory and History: Museums, Monuments, Collective Memory, and Public Controversies

Department(s)

Description

Explores the contested legacy of the Second World War in Europe and the diverse ways in which it is remembered. Focuses on controversial public memories including the resistance myth, France’s Vichy Syndrome, German memory of aerial bombardment, the question of Polish complicity in Nazi crimes, and the place of the Holocaust in pan-European memory debates.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Graduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

2

Course Schedule