Memory Studies: Key Concepts and Future Directions 3500-FAKANG-MSTUD
Memory Studies explores how individuals, groups, organizations,
and societies use and make sense of their past(s). Developing at
the junction of humanities and social sciences and incorporating
concepts, methodologies, and research findings from several
disciplines, memory studies has emerged as one of the most
vibrant transdisciplinary fields of inquiry in recent decades.
Memory scholars are active in expertise and debates over the role
of history policy, memory politics, or historical heritage in the
public sphere. In this course, we will discuss the basic concepts of
this field as well as new research directions that are particularly
relevant to sociologists but also valuable to students of other
disciplines. Each class will be devoted to a different theme and
will be divided between a short lecture followed by a discussion of
the assigned theoretical readings, case studies, or visual materials.
Week 1
Introduction/Organization
Week 2
Memory and society
Week 3
Memory and culture
Week 4
Memory and digital society
Week 5
Memory and climate
Week 6
Memory and family
Week 7
Memory and gender
Week 8
Memory and class
Week 9
Memory and ethnicity
Week 10
Memory and nation
Week 11
Memory and politics
Week 12
Memory and cultural heritage
Week 13
Workshop 1: Student presentations of their book reviews
Week 14
Workshop 2: Student presentations of their book reviews
Rodzaj przedmiotu
Tryb prowadzenia
Założenia (opisowo)
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
Efekty kształcenia
Students who will complete this course will know and understand
the basic concepts of memory studies (K_W01). They will be aware
of ongoing theoretical and methodological debates in memory
studies (K_W03). They will be able to relate academic readings to
actual problems of social life and its empirical studies in the field
of memory studies (K_U17). They will be able to prepare a
presentation of an individually selected book in English and
critically discuss its content (K_U19).
Kryteria oceniania
Students are expected to do short readings (ca 20-30 pages)
before each class and actively participate in in-class discussions (50
per cent of the final grade). In addition, they will be required to
write a review of a recently published book in memory studies (in
English) of their own choice (50 per cent of the final grade).
Book reviews of ca 2500 words must be submitted by January
10th, 2023. Please upload your review here [link]. If you would
like to receive feedback on a draft version, you need to submit
your review before December 15th, 2022.
Literatura
The Collective Memory Reader, eds. J. K. Olick, V. Vinitzky-
Seroussi, D. Levy, Oxford University Press 2011 (selected readings)
The Routledge International Handbook of Memory Studies, eds A.
L. Tota, T. Hagen, Routledge 2016 (selected readings)
The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism, eds. Y. Gutman,
with Jenny Wüstenberg, Irit Dekel, Joanna Wawrzyniak, Kaitlin M.
Murphy and Kerry Whigham, Benjamin Nienass Routledge 2023
(selected readings)
Cultural Memory Studies: An International and Interdisciplinary
Handbook eds A. Erll & A. Nünning, de Gruyter (selected readings)
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