How should opposing armies be commemorated on a battlefield? Gettysburg offers an especially interesting example of today’s debates over Confederate monuments.
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A memorial at the site of the 1911 fire remembers those who died; a cadre of young Jewish women helped push for change in the wake of the tragedy.
Societies celebrate heroes and commemorate tragedies. But why is there so little public acknowledgment of environmental disasters?
The Victorian Supreme Court has determined the descendants of Ned Kelly’s family are not a distinctive cultural group with the right to protections of their ‘intangible cultural heritage’.
When an attack affects a whole city the grief members of the community feel is complex.
A memorial to Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King Jr. has received stinging criticisms, but time will tell whether ‘The Embrace’ will endure as a cherished work of public art.
Vigils for LGBTQ+ people turn public spaces into a collective space of belonging with one another
Across Australia, there are memorials to white people ‘killed by Natives’. But there is a silence about what led to these attacks, or the reprisal massacres that typically followed.
Gan Siyabonga is unique in Israel. It highlights a group that was both anti-apartheid and pro-Zionist.
Spain has long avoided addressing the fact that tens of thousands of Spaniards were victims of Nazis, who collaborated with Spain’s former dictator, Francisco Franco.
History is not being destroyed but the way people remember is being changed.
Designing a memorial that helps the community grieve and heal is no easy task.
A scholar of Greek classics revisits the texts to bring lessons on how to honor the lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Civil War – the second-most-deadly event in US history, just behind COVID-19 –contributed to lasting changes in how Americans care for the dead.
Many countries revere soldiers who have given their lives for their country. What is special about Ukraine’s memorialising is the depth of respect for individual citizens.
A new politics of remembrance emerged during the COVID pandemic.
Yom HaShoah is a day to commemorate the murder of 6 million Jews – but also their lives. Yizker bikher books lovingly document Jewish communities across Europe.
For some military members, a hillside in California embodies the sacrifices of serving.
Many people are starting to celebrate the return to a pre-pandemic life. How does that feel to those who have suffered losses and are still grieving?
Statues can help us more fully understand our past and celebrate the contribution of women.
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Derek H. Alderman adalah Sahabat The Conversation.Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Research Fellow, Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Social And Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, University of Tennessee
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Media and Communications program, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor of History and Professor of Public Engagement, La Trobe University
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Professor of Gender Studies, Chair in Sex Media and Sex Cultures, Linköping University
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Goodrich C White Professor of Religion, Emory University
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Senior Lecturer in Architectural History, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor, Eighteenth-Century English Literature, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lecturer Department of African Studies and Linguistics, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Anthropology, The University of Melbourne
