Michel-Rolph Trouillot closed his 1995 Silencing the Past by reminding us that “History doesn’t belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it in their own hands.” This is nowhere more true than in two historical periods seldom in conversation - the 11th-century phenomenon called the Crusades, and the 19th-century American Civil War. Scholars across disciplines seek to clarify these periods among themselves, while popular audiences voraciously consume these and other retellings of the past, and others “take it in their own
H-Memory is a network open to all academics and researchers concerned with Memory Studies. This inter-disciplinary field interests itself in how humans remember and represent that memory, be it through literature, monuments, historical works, or in their own private lives.
Canadian Oral History Association (COHA) Prize
The Canadian Oral History Association (COHA) Prize is awarded to an outstanding example of oral history practise. Eligible initiatives include oral history projects, books, articles, exhibitions, films, and other activities that actively engage with oral history. Scholarly and popular works are eligible for consideration. Community practitioners are especially encouraged to apply.
Works produced or published in the previous year are eligible for entry.
Residents of Canada and Canadians living outside Canada are eligible for consideration.
Call for Applications from PhD Candidates
Greenberg Research Fellowship
Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies
Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship
2019-2020
Deadline: December 15, 2018
The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals for its three research fellowships for advanced-standing PhD candidates: the 2019-2020 Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellowship; the 2019-2020 Robert J. Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies; and the 2019-2020 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship.
Each fellowship provides $4,000 support
Call for Papers, 2019 Mellon Conference
Traversing the Gap:
Relevance as a Transformative Force at Sites of Public Memory
June 19-21, 2018
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is pleased to announce the second Andrew W. Mellon Conference entitled, “Traversing the Gap: Relevance as a Transformative Force at Sites of Public Memory” on June 19-21, 2018.
As time passes between the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the present, efforts to engage the public in the process of constructing and making sense of the events—as well as their relationship to them—becomes