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Memories of Conflict, Conflicts of Memory
International Conference
13- 14 February, 2013
Senate House, London
Organised by:
Institute of Germanic
&
Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study,University of London
Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies, University College London
Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory
There are very few facets of public and private life that are not affected by cultural memories of war and conflict. Recent academic scholarship has also been revolutionised as experts on literature,
cinema, history, area studies, sociology, anthropology and many others attempt to theorise the memory-narratives of the last century marked by unprecedented totalitarian regimes, coup d’états,
military confrontations, popular movements and what Alain Badiou recently called the
passion for the real.
This interdisciplinary conference will examine the various ways in which memories of wars and conflicts of the twentieth century are constructed, resisted, appropriated and debated in contemporary
culture. The conference will provide a space for dialogue and interchange of ideas among scholars researching on memory issues related to different regions of the globe. In particular, we are interested in discussing the tensions between local and transnational
memory-narratives, official and subversive forms of commemoration, hegemonic and alternative conceptions of remembering.
Questions we hope to address:
The conference will draw together cutting-edge research from theorists and practitioners and we invite proposals from people working in literature, cinema, history, area studies, sociology, anthropology,
cultural studies, religious studies, media studies, political theory, law, international relations and all other relevant fields.
Themes to be addressed in the conference include, but are not limited to:
Please submit a 250-word abstract and a short biographical note to the organisers at
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Convenors: Jordana Blejmar (IGRS) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (UCL)