Historical Memory

"The concept of “historical memory,” often expressed as “collective memory,” “social memory,” or for political scientists, “the politics of memory,” refers to the ways in which groups, collectivities, and nations construct and identify with particular narratives about historical periods or events. Historical memories are foundational to social and political identities and are also often reshaped in relation to the present historical-political moment."

- Katherine Hite

Historical memory can be studied off-campus at these global locations:

• Australia: Land seizures, indigenous people, refugees
• Austria: European Union, historical/cultural studies
• Czech Republic: Cold War, historical/cultural studies, post-communism
• China CIEE: History, cultural Studies
• China XJTLU: History, Cultural Studies
• Denmark: European Union, Historical/Cultural Studies, Xenophobia
• Fisk University: African American and African art history, African American and African music, African American and African politics.
• Italy (Sorrento): Historical/Cultural Studies
• Jordan: Refugees
• Kenya: Colonialism, humanitarianism, conservation, historical/cultural studies, plantations
• London: British Empire and immigration, conflict in Northern Ireland, democracy in action, European Union, gentrification, imperialism and colonialism, Irish culture and identity, planning and development in cities, museums, World Wars I and II
• New Zealand: Land seizures
• Spain: European Union, historical industrial weakness, refugees, xenophobia
• Thailand: Imperialism and colonialism
• Trinidad: Afro-Caribbean culture, Indo-Caribbean culture, plantations