Deadline:
January 7
Length/Track:
One year
Description:
The “theme of Commemorative Acts led by Tiya Miles (History) and Robin Bernstein (African and African American Studies and Women, Gender, & Sexuality).” “Signaling boundaries through narrative, imagery, space, and performance, commemorative acts leave some people out even as they call others in, defining a “we” and a “they.” For this reason, race, gender, and other categories of historical analysis are crucial to the intellectual work of this seminar. The co-conveners, both scholars of African American studies, will foreground issues that are prominent in this field, including the vicissitudes and difficulties of archives, family history and genealogy, and democracy. Because the Civil War is central to many current debates about monuments and historical memory, we expect that this war, along with slavery, abolition, and Reconstruction, will be vital to our discussions.”
URL:
https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15592
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