About this Event
How can histories of violence be narrated? How can these stories produce more critical, complex, and nuanced pictures that attend not simply to the individual experience of victimization, but might also shed light on experiences of agency? From examining the role of historical thinking and writing in wartime and postwar contexts, and examining the place of literature and art in commemorations of war and conflict, to grappling with the ethical implications of the stewardship of objects that bear witness to histories of extraction and exploitation, this seminar will explore the ways that narrative and storytelling practices have the potential to mediate both violent pasts and the present in ways that may offer reparative tools for the future.
Photo credits: Leila, Nseir. (1978). The Martyr (The Nation). [Oil on canvas 160 x 140 cm]. Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Rutgers University, 175 University Avenue, Newark, United States
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