HIST-285X: Monuments, Memorials, and Museums

Credits 3
Grade Scheme
BC
Session Cycle
M

Examines remembrance as it takes shape in monuments, memorials, and museums. Students will critically engage with conceptions, conversations, and controversies around memory at the intersection of history, memory studies, public/ digital history, and museum studies. Students use documents, images, and scholarship to explore different sites, traveling to monuments, memorials, and museums. Students will integrate their experiences and thoughts by critically reflecting on memorial landscapes. FILA general education: world cultures and experiential learning.

Prerequisites

FILA-150 or FILA-350EW; and a 100 or 200-level history course

Term Offered
May Term