No.250 Seminar ： Mnemohistory: collective memories and their socio-political impact through the historian’s lens
- Patrick Vierthaler Assistant Professor, Institute for the Research in the Humanities
- 2024/06/25 4:45pm
- Research Administration Building, Basement Floor (Conference Rooms 1&2)
- English
- Onsite
Summary
How do people remember the past? How does this affect contemporary politics? In this Hakubi Seminar, I will outline how, as a historian, I analyze the formation, discourse, and disputes over collective memory. Drawing on my previous research on how South Korea after transitioning to democracy in 1987 has struggled to find a uniting narrative concerning its Cold War origins (1945–48), I will introduce my plans to place the Korean “history wars” into a global context, and hope for a fruitful discussion surrounding my hypotheses and ideas.