National Memories, Witnesses and World War Two A Public Colloquium Friday, April 6, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Ad-Hum 348 World War Two figures significantly in the collective memories of many nations around the world. As the generation that experienced the war passes from the scene and as the war passes from participants’ memories into history, its remembrance is for certain nations a touchstone of national identity; in others it is a source of division and contestation. This colloquium examines commemorative representations and controversies concerning World War Two in relation to the national memories of Britain, Spain and Korea, and in relation to the Holocaust. Panel I: 3:00-4:10 p.m. Marcel Decoste: “Re-Framing the People’s War: Collective Memory, First-Hand History and the Terrible Democracy of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk.” Philip Charrier: “Vanishing ‘Comfort Women’, Proliferating Memorials, and the Invention of the Resolute Victim. ” Refreshments: 4:10-4:20 p.m. Panel II: 4:20-5:30 p.m. Ian Germani: “Impostors and Historical Kitsch: World War Two and the Pitfalls of Spain’s Memory Wars.” Michael Trussler: “A Half Moon Over Oswieçim.” This colloquium is sponsored by the Humanities Research Institute and the Departments of History and English at the University of Regina. All interested members of the public are welcome to attend.
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