This course offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the past. Grounded in the sociology of memory, it draws from various fields to examine the intersections of biography, history, and memory in popular culture and politics. The course focuses on the nature of memory, and on struggles around it, including debates about memorials and monuments, truth commissions, and PTSD. From memoir to confessions, we will consider how the past gets represented as truth, memory, and story.
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