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History, Memory and US Foreign Relations Conference
History, Memory and US Foreign Relations Conference
UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies
Conference
8-9 April 2011
History, Memory and US Foreign Relations
Plenary speakers: Prof. Jay Winter (Yale University),
Dr. David Ryan (School of History, UCC)
The construction of memory, personal, collective or institutional has a profound influence on our understanding of the world. This conference seeks to explore the struggle for the construction, possession and interpretation of historical memory in the context of US foreign relations. Papers and panels will explore aspects of the confluence of memory and US foreign relations, including how people, cultures and societies remember, forget and distort the past; how those memories affect present thoughts and actions; and how policymakers use memory in their decision-making.
The conference will include panels on commemoration and foreign policy, remembering World War II, ethnic American identities, and memories of the Vietnam War and Cold War. This conference should be of interest to those with backgrounds in history, political science, or cultural studies.
To register, please email Ms. Catherine Carey, with your name and Institute/Affiliation.
Registration fee €50 and €30 for Student/Unwaged.
Ms. Catherine Carey,
Manager,
UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies,
Belfield House,
University College Dublin,
Belfield, Dublin 4.
Tel +353 1 7161560
www.ucdclinton.ie