The Connecting Memories Podcast

Paul Leworthy

In this podcast series, Paul Leworthy will be talking to leading academics about memory. As well as presenting some aspect of their research, each episode's guest speaker will be invited to discuss what the term 'memory' means in the context of their research. For more information about the Connecting Memories research initiative, please visit: www.connectingmemories.org.

  1. 6d ago

    On memory and political care with guest speaker Prof Mihaela Mihai (University of Edinburgh)

    The guest speaker for this episode is Prof Mihaela Mihai (University of Edinburgh). Prof Mihai presents a talk entitled ‘Critique as Political Care: Democracy, Memory, Theory’. In her talk and in the discussion that follows, she explores how particular interpretations of the past become accepted as 'self-evident truths' and how critical interventions within the mnemonic field can be understood as a form of political care for a society's democracy.

  2. 09/02/2022

    On memory and translation with guest speaker Prof Peter Davies (University of Edinburgh)

    The guest speaker for this episode is Prof Peter Davies (University of Edinburgh). Prof Davies presents a talk entitled ‘The Holocaust and Translation: a Complex Relationship’. In his talk and in the discussion that follows, Prof Davies thinks about the Holocaust as an essentially multilingual event, considering both the role of translation during the Holocaust and the all-important contribution of translators and interpreters to the memory of the Holocaust.

  3. 07/29/2022

    On memory and comparison with guest speaker Prof Michael Rothberg (University of California, Los Angeles)

    The guest speaker for this episode is Prof Michael Rothberg (University of California, Los Angeles). Prof Rothberg presents a talk entitled ‘Debating Holocaust Memory: The Politics of Comparison in Contemporary Germany’ and we discuss the ethics of Holocaust comparisons, Holocaust memory in a postmigrant society, and the recent public debate in Germany known as the Historikerstreit 2.0 (Historians’ Dispute 2.0).

  4. 07/22/2022

    On memory, media and nostalgia with guest speaker Prof Katharina Niemeyer (Université du Québec à Montréal)

    The guest speaker for this episode is Prof Katharina Niemeyer (Université du Québec à Montréal). Prof Niemeyer presents a talk entitled ‘The Power of Nostalgia’. In her talk and in the discussion that follows, Prof Niemeyer talks about the wide range of scholarly approaches to the idea of nostalgia, its ‘bright’ and ‘dark’ forms, as well as technostalgia, and retro and vintage objects.

  5. 07/15/2022

    On memory and (im)purity with guest speaker Prof Max Silverman (University of Leeds)

    The guest speaker for this episode is Prof Max Silverman (University of Leeds). Prof Silverman presents a talk entitled ‘Impure Memory’ and we discuss the links between memory and identity, the idea that memory is never pure, and the crucial contribution of art to memory cultures.

  6. 07/08/2022

    On memory, materiality and waste with guest speaker Dr László Muntean (Radboud University Nijmegen)

    The guest speaker for this episode is Dr László Muntean (Radboud University Nijmegen). Dr Muntean presents a talk entitled ‘Memory and Materiality: The Afterlife of the World Trade Center’. In his talk and in the discussion that follows, Dr Muntean thinks about memory materially, charting what subsequently happened to certain of the material remains of the World Trade Center and considering some of the ethical issues surrounding these ‘afterlives’.

  7. 07/01/2022

    On memory, memorials and meaning with guest speaker Prof James Young (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

    The guest speaker for this episode is Prof James Young (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Prof Young presents a talk entitled ‘The Memorialist’ and we discuss the processes of meaning-making and interpretation that memorials are engaged in as well as the ways in which they contribute to memory cultures in different contexts.

  8. 03/11/2022 ·  Bonus

    On Coronavirus, Memory and Repair with Guest Speaker Prof Marianne Hirsch (Columbia University) - Covid-19 Pandemic Anniversary Special

    The guest speaker for this episode is Prof Marianne Hirsch (Columbia University). Prof Hirsch presents a talk entitled ‘Acts of Memory and Repair in a Suspended Present: New York City 2022’. In her talk and in the discussion that follows, Prof Hirsch introduces the Zip Code Memory Project community initiative, exploring the affective dimension of the pandemic and the losses it wrought. This podcast is one of two extended specials to mark the two-year anniversary of the World Health Organisation’s declaration of a global pandemic on 11 March 2020.

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In this podcast series, Paul Leworthy will be talking to leading academics about memory. As well as presenting some aspect of their research, each episode's guest speaker will be invited to discuss what the term 'memory' means in the context of their research. For more information about the Connecting Memories research initiative, please visit: www.connectingmemories.org.

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  • Creator
    Paul Leworthy
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Paul Leworthy