Conference: Postcolonial Realms of Memory
Postcolonial Realms of Memory Sites and Symbols in the Modern Francosphere - 1:54:44 Winthrop-King Institute at Florida State University - Oct 10, 2020.
"Driven by an increasingly critical postcolonial discourse on French historiography and fueled by the will to acknowledge the relevance of the colonial in the making of modern and contemporary France, the volume "Postcolonial Realms of Memory: Sites and Symbols in Modern France" (Liverpool, 2020) addresses in a collective and sustained manner this critical gap by postcolonializing the French Republic’s lieux de mémoire."
Keynote speakers: Étienne Achille (Villanova University) Charles Forsdick (University of Liverpool) Lydie Moudileno (University of Southern California) Debarati Sanyal (University of California, Berkeley) Hue Tam To Tai (Harvard University) Robert Young (New York University).
Liverpool University Press Blog. “As statues fall: rethinking the blindspots of French national memory,” by Etienne Achille, Charles Forsdick and Lydie Moudileno, June 24, 2020.
Postcolonial Realms of Memory by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 9781789620665Publication Date: 2020-02-29Recognized as one of the most influential studies of memory in the late twentieth century, Pierre Nora's monumental project Les Lieux de mémoire has been celebrated for its elaboration of a ground-breaking paradigm for rethinking the relationship between the nation, territory, history and memory. It has also, however, been criticized for implying a narrow perception of national memory from which the legacy of colonialism was excluded. Driven by an increasingly critical postcolonial discourse on French historiography and fuelled by the will to acknowledge the relevance of the colonial in the making of modern and contemporary France, the present volume intends to address in a collective and sustained manner this critical gap by postcolonializing the French Republic's lieux de mémoire. The various chapters discern and explore an initial repertoire of realms and sites in France and the so-called Outremer that crystalize traces of colonial memory, while highlighting its inherent dialectical relationship with firmly instituted national memory. By making visible the invisible thread that links the colonial to various manifestations of French heritage, the objective is to bring to the fore the need to anchor the colonial in a collective memory that has often silenced it, and to foster new readings of the past as it is represented, remembered and inscribed in the nation's collective imaginary.
Journal de la Défense
Tourisme de Memoire - 24:48 mins. Ministère de Armées (July 14, 2019).
Ce mois-ci, le Journal de la Défense vous emmène à la découverte du patrimoine militaire français. Nous vous invitons ainsi à pénétrer dans des lieux encore marqués par le passé, qui permettent de mieux comprendre comment et pourquoi le ministère des Armées s'attache à faire vivre le tourisme et le devoir de mémoire.
Links to Videos
Pierre Nora présente son ouvrage Les Lieux de mémoire - 2:27 - 7 décembre 1984.Invité par Bernard Pivot en 1984, Pierre Nora explique les raisons qui l'ont poussé à diriger une oeuvre éditoriale majeure pour l'histoire culturelle : Les Lieux de mémoire.
Les lieux de mémoire de la guerre 39/45 - 1:49 mins (France-Normandie).
Radio Transmission
France - 20 minutes. Delphine Bancaud. Pourquoi le tourisme de mémoire a-t-il tant prospéré ces dernières années? - Publié le 16/03/18 à 08h05 — Mis à jour le 01/09/20 à 15h46.