Tag: memory studies

• Cambria Press Publication Review: State Terrorism and the Politics of Memory in Latin America

  Congratulations to Professor Gabriela Fried Amilivia on the outstanding review of her book, State Terrorism and the Politics of Memory in Latin America: Transmissions Across The Generations of Post-Dictatorship Uruguay, 1984–2004, in the Journal of Latin American Studies, which praises the book for being “an invaluable contribution.” The review notes that: Gabriela Fried Amilivia’s accomplished work is…

  Cambria Press

  May 21, 2018

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• LASA 2014: Democracy and Memory

  The theme for this year’s LASA congress–democracy and memory–is a highly important one which presses scholars to consider critical questions regarding the impact of collective memory and institutional development. From the LASA website, these questions are: Does this past, shaped by collective memories that are themselves constructed of narratives, shared experiences, and interpretations of everyday…

  Cambria Press

  May 8, 2014

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