Migration, Reconciliation and the Emotions’ ‘Memory: Australian Memory Research Network Meeting 4 5 September 2015, University of Melbourne – The second meeting of the will include a PhD masterclass, a Australian Memory Research Network streamed symposium on memory studies with a focus on i) Migration ii) Reconciliation and iii) the Emotions, and a half-day round-table of our network to continue brainstorming of projects and future plans. There will be a Keynote Address by Amal Treacher-Kabesh (Nottingham University) The streams (Migration; Reconciliation; and the Emotions) provide opportunities for focused discussion on key topics within memory research. To aid discussion, we invite short talks (max 15 minutes) related to one of these streams. These might focus on a current/recent research project or on theoretical and/or methodological approaches to these themes. If you'd like to offer a short talk, please send a title and very short abstract (100 words max) to: Hannah Loney The PhD Masterclass will be on the topic of Memory and Methods Memory Studies has fast developed as an interdisciplinary field with many possible objects and methods of study. This workshop will give ECRs and PhD students working in any Humanities or Social Science area of the field an opportunity to discuss issues related to their objects and methods of study. The workshop will focus on two different forms and modes of memory transmission and representation. Susannah Radstone will introduce discussion on researching cultural including film and literature. Paula Hamilton will reflect on researching personal and autobiograpical memory through oral histories and family stories. Optional Reading For those interested in oral history: Lynn Abrams 'Memory as both a source and subject of study; the transformation of oral history' in Stefan Berger and Bill Niven (eds) Bloomsbury, 2014. Writing the History of Memory. For interested in cultural texts Susannah Radstone (2013) Place Where we Live”: Memory, Mirrors and Memory The Secret River’, ‘ “The Studies 6: 3 286-298. Professor Hamilton (UTS) is a leading scholar in oral history and the study of cultural history and memory. Her latest work has centred on sensory memories, especially sound and smell. Professor Susannah Radstone (UniSA) is a leading scholar of cultural memory. Publications include (ed) (2000) (co-ed) (2010), Memory and Methodology Memory: Histories, Theories, Debates The Sexual Politics (2007). Her current research project is a critique of theories of memory and trauma. of Time
‘Memory: Migration, Reconciliation and the Emotions’ Australian Memory Research Network Meeting 4 – 5 September 2015, University of Melbourne The second meeting of the Australian Memory Research Network will include a PhD masterclass, a streamed symposium on memory studies with a focus on i) Migration ii) Reconciliation and iii) the Emotions, and a half-day round-table of our network to continue brainstorming of projects and future plans. There will be a Keynote Address by Amal Treacher-Kabesh (Nottingham University) The streams (Migration; Reconciliation; and the Emotions) provide opportunities for focused discussion on key topics within memory research. To aid discussion, we invite short talks (max 15 minutes) related to one of these streams. These might focus on a current/recent research project or on theoretical and/or methodological approaches to these themes. If you'd like to offer a short talk, please send a title and very short abstract (100 words max) to: Hannah Loney The PhD Masterclass will be on the topic of Memory and Methods Memory Studies has fast developed as an interdisciplinary field with many possible objects and methods of study. This workshop will give ECRs and PhD students working in any Humanities or Social Science area of the field an opportunity to discuss issues related to their objects and methods of study. The workshop will focus on two different forms and modes of memory transmission and representation. Susannah Radstone will introduce discussion on researching cultural including film and literature. Paula Hamilton will reflect on researching personal and autobiograpical memory through oral histories and family stories. Optional Reading For those interested in oral history: Lynn Abrams 'Memory as both a source and subject of study; the transformation of oral history' in Stefan Berger and Bill Niven (eds) Writing the History of Memory. Bloomsbury, 2014. For interested in cultural texts Susannah Radstone (2013) ‘ “The Place Where we Live”: Memory, Mirrors and The Secret River’, Memory Studies 6: 3 286-298. Professor Hamilton (UTS) is a leading scholar in oral history and the study of cultural history and memory. Her latest work has centred on sensory memories, especially sound and smell. Professor Susannah Radstone (UniSA) is a leading scholar of cultural memory. Publications include (ed) Memory and Methodology (2000) (co-ed) Memory: Histories, Theories, Debates (2010), The Sexual Politics of Time (2007). Her current research project is a critique of theories of memory and trauma.
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