Seminars & Short Courses
Teaching with Memory Politics: Museums, Memorials, and Asian Histories
Join us for this six-week seminar course exploring the politics of memory in and about Asia through consideration of museum collections, memorials, and personal ephemera. The politics of memory refers to the ways that societies remember, and sometimes intentionally forget, past events, and how those memories are shaped, controlled, and contested. Through a series of case studies focused on specific museums and artifacts, we will explore resources and strategies that you can apply in your own classroom. Some of the examples we will explore include the looting of the Summer Palace in China, the legacy of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and objects removed from their original context.