Imperial War Museum: Memory and History Reconsidered
A workshop on the recent re-design of the Imperial War Museum London
Dr Gabriel Koureas in collaboration with Dr Silke di-Simine and the Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory are organising a workshop on the recent re-design of the Imperial War Museum London.
Dr Gabriel Koureas will be giving a paper at the event on 'Memory/Forgetting: British Colonial Wars at the Imperial War Museum'.
Workshop: The Redesign of the Imperial War Museum (London): Memory and History Reconsidered
Venue: Room SH 246, 2nd floor, Senate House, University of London
Date and Time: Friday 13 March 2015, 10.00am to 3.00pm
Following the re-design and re-hanging of the Imperial War Museum London and the First World War galleries in particular, the museum attracted an unprecedented number of visitors. The symposium organised in conjunction with the Centre for Cultural Memory, Institute of Modern Languages Research at the School of Advanced Studies, University of London, aims to investigate through its exhibition strategies the narratives the museum initiated and choose to promote. The papers will attempt to engage through particular objects in the museum with issues of British cultural memory and the commemoration of the First War in particular to reveal the often overlooked intricate relationship between the memory and commemoration of war and the idea of cohesive community and the nation.
No booking required.
More information can be found on the Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory website.