Remembering revolt and other moments of political rupture
Join this event to explore how moments of political rupture are woven and rewoven into dominant historical narratives.
Remembering revolt and other moments of political rupture
10 Nov 2023, 10:00 – 16:00
This seminar will explore a range of events: from Chile’s coup d’etat, to Iran’s revolution, the demise of East Germany, India’s partition, the Windrush scandal, South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Participants will explore the tension between individual and collective memory, the fraught process of contesting national narratives, and the mechanisms by which events become known and/or hidden in the process of national political storytelling. Participants in the symposium will be invited to reflect on their own scholarly practices: and together discuss what conducting research looks like on such contested and shifting terrain.
This in-person event will be particularly useful for researchers.
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Thomas Coram Research Unit
Professor Molly Andrews
Association for Narrative Research and Practice