Memory and Remembrance

Memory, and how it shapes the future of an individual, group, and even a nation, is one of the focal points of the transdisciplinary humanities research taking place at the IHR. Drawing from many intellectual strains includeing history, philosophy, religious studies, literature as well as trauma studies, art and performance IHR funded projects have examined the ways that physical and emotional harms impact memory, how these memories effect later generations, and how they in turn shape individual and group identities. From the personal to the political humanities scholars have explored approaches to understanding and resolving historical and contemporary conflicts, focusing on the roles of memory, memorialization and representation.

IHR Fellows

Visiting Fellows

Haunting Legacies: Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma
Gabriele Schwab, Comparative Literature, University of California Irvine

IHR Seed Grants

Heritage & Memory: Sites of Transgenerational Trauma, Moral Reminders, and Repair
Project Director(s): Martin Beck Matuštík, Lincoln Professor of Ethics & Religion; Patricia Huntington, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies; Eric Wertheimer, Professor of English, Director of CCICS