Political Role of History: Analysis of Traumatic Experiences

(2.5-3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Based on films and documentaries, this teaching returns to the question of the political role of history by focusing in particular on contexts that have generated traumatic collective and individual experiences. From a multidisciplinary approach - history, sociology, political science, socio-psychology, etc. -, this course will focus on the Holocaust, the period of occupation in France, the Algerian War, Videla's Argentina, the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda, etc. The course thus proposes to address issues related to memory issues and the history of the present time.