21ST ANNUAL HISTORY IN THE MAKING GRADUATE CONFERENCE--RECORDING HISTORY: MEMORIES, MONUMENTS, AND MANUSCRIPTS

Location

Quebec, Canada

Subject Fields

Public History, Research and Methodology, World History / Studies, Graduate Studies, Historic Preservation

Concordia University’s 21st Annual History in the Making conference aims to open a dialogue on various historical mediums and how they are used to institutionalize and represent our diverse past. With your contributions, HIM is looking to analyze and improve our discipline’s understanding of historiography, entrenched narratives, and the intersection between public and academic memory.

Of particular interest to this conference is a dissection of truth-telling, memory, and historical representation in both public and private spaces. In what ways do mediums and methods of academic research guide and influence history itself? As government memorials, museum curation, and published works seek to construct a specific version of our past, how does this contend with sub-altern narratives? Does your work touch on ideas of representation, challenging entrenched historical accounts, or reinterpreting an event from our collective memory? Or perhaps how the public interacts with, consumes, or even corroborates history?

The HIM Conference’s Organizing Committee invites graduate students from all disciplines to submit proposals. Les communications en français sont également encouragées.