Past Events:

A. Lynn Smith (Lafayette College). “Retracing their Steps: Understanding Reenactments of the Walking Purchase of 1737.”  Friday March 22, 2024, 12pm

Memory in the Disciplines at Stony Brook co-sponsored “Conspiratorial Memory in Russia,” hosted by the Memory Studies Group at the New School, Wednesday, December 6, 2023 6:30PM to 8:00PM (EST). Click HERE for more information.

Stef Craps (Ghent University), “An Inconvenient Comparison: Climate Change and the Holocaust.” Friday February 17 at 12pm Eastern Time.

Astrid Erll (Goethe-University Frankfurt), “Pandemics in/and Collective Memory: Covid as Mnemonic Seismograph.” Friday April 8 at 12pm Eastern Time.

Herman Lebovics, Department of History, Stony Brook. “Rashomon on the Mediterranean: Conflicting Memories about France’s Future Identity.” Thursday, February 22, 1:00-2:20, SBS N-405. Paper will be pre-circulated for discussion.

Jonathan Bach, The New School. “What Remains: Memory of Everyday Life under Socialism in Germany.” Wednesday, September 27.

Joel Rosenthal, Department of History, Stony Brook University. “Where were You 21 Years Ago in Late Medieval England?” March 21, 2017.

Anna Di Lellio, New School for Public Engagement and NYU, “Thinking of You” (Film and Discussion). September 14, 2016

Peggy Leavitt, Wellesley College and Harvard University, “Artifacts and Allegiances, How Museums Put the Nation and the World On Display.” April 13, 2016

Abena Asare, Africana Studies, “Surviving Histories, Ghana’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.” March 23, 2016