Popular Memory

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course considers history-writing as a social and cultural process operating at personal, group and national levels. It examines theoretical, methodological and political questions raised in work on popular memory. Readings and films address the problems of: official history, public history (museums, national monuments), "history from below," and oral history. Cases will be taken from across the globe. Approved with International Development Studies. PREREQUISITES: One 1000 level SOSA course or FYP FORMATS: Lecture