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New Frontiers in Memory Studies Annual Keynote

Prof Sarah Gensburger (CNRS/Sciences Po, Paris) "Beyond Trauma. Archiving, remembering and forgetting terrorist attacks in Paris"

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This is the 2024 annual keynote event of AIMS@NTU (Advancing Interdisciplinary Memory Studies at NTU), featuring Prof Sarah Gensburger (CNRS/Sciences Po, Paris) "Beyond Trauma. Archiving, remembering and forgetting terrorist attacks in Paris"

  • From: Wednesday 22 May 2024, 4.30 pm
  • To: Wednesday 22 May 2024, 7 pm
  • Registration: 4.30 pm
  • Location: Room 1803 Chaucer Building, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham,
  • Booking deadline: Wednesday 22 May 2024, 4.30 pm
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Event details

In her talk, Sarah Gensburger will reflect on the relationship between memory, archiving and forgetting. Studying the transition from grassroots memorialization of the November 13 terrorist attack in the streets of Paris to the permanent heritagization of the event, she will highlight how commemorative processes creates as much remembrance as oblivion. In doing so, she will go beyond the impact of the traumatic nature of the events to stress on the way the administration of memory, here at a city level, strongly frames the way memory unfold in public space. Through this case study, she will offer a methodological reflection on how we can research memory differently, paying close attention to ordinary processes and social continuities.

Please join us for this exciting lecture, followed by discussion and a drinks reception.

Sarah Gensburger researches the relationship between memory, administration and politics. She serves as the past president of the Memory Studies Association. Her most recent books are The Covid-19 Pandemic and Memory. Remembrance, commemoration, and archiving in crisis with Orli Fridman (eds), Palgrave, 2024, De-Commemoration. Removing Statues and Renaming Streets, with Jenny Wüstenberg (eds), Berghahn Books, 2023 and Qui pose les questions mémorielles ?, CNRS Editions, 2023.

Programme

The seminar will take place between 4.30 pm and 7 pm.

Refreshments will be provided after the event.

Location details

Room/Building:

Room 1803 Chaucer Building

Address:

Goldsmith Street
 Nottingham

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