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