Lehrende/r: Dr. Claudia Görg
Veranstaltungsart: Übung
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 45
Anmeldegruppe: AS 211
Prioritätsschema: Senatsrichtlinie Zulassung gemäß Richtlinie über den Zugang zu teilnahmebeschränkten Lehrveranstaltungen vom 07. März 2007. Nähere Informationen hierzu entnehmen Sie bitte www.info.jogustine.uni-mainz.de/senatsrichtlinie
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: The same way that individuals selectively remember particular events and people of their past, nations respectively communities form their cultural memories by actively selecting WHAT and WHO should be remembered by future generations. One of the most contested aspects of remembering the communal past is the form of HOW the past should be commemorated. Monuments, memorials and museums reflect upon the cultural memory particuar nations or communities have opted for. However, cultural memory might be challenged due to changing perceptions of the past. Arguably one of the most well-known debates in the United States has evolved around Confederate statues and the political conflicts that ensued in the wake of the planned removal of such a statue in Charlottesville, N.C. In this course, we will read texts on cultural memory, , memory studies and monument studies (e.g. Marouf A. Hasian Jr. and Nicholas S. Paliewicz. Memory and Monument Wars in American Cities: New York, Charlottesville and Montgomery. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). In individual projects, students will explore individual case studies. The course will particularly focus on the commemoration of Southern history and minority histories.
