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The Historical Dialogues, Justice, and Memory Network provides a platform for researchers and activists working on issues of historical dialogue, historical and transitional justice, and public and social memory. The website provides information and resources to encourage innovative interdisciplinary, transnational and comparative research. It is hosted by the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University, New York City.

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Upcoming Network Events

10th Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice & Memory Network
Travels Beyond the Holocaust:
Memorialization, Musealization and Representation of Atrocities in Global Dialogue
Vienna, June 25-28, 2024

co-sponsors:
Final Conference of the ERC project “Globalized Memorial Museums”
Institute of Culture Studies and Theatre History, Austrian Academy of Sciences &
Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies
find the Call for Papers here

Online Seminar Series

The Historical Dialogues Network Seminar Series returns in Fall 2023. There are currently two seminars scheduled.

September 26 (1200 New York; 1700 GMT) – Dr. Denisa Kostovicova (LSE) on “Reconciliation by Stealth: How People Talk About War Crimes. Click for event flyer (.pdf) and registration details.

October 11 (0600 New York; 1200 Berlin; 2100 Melbourne/Sydney) – Panel Event: “Comfort Women: New Research from Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Panelists: Kevin Blackburn (Nanyang Technological U.), Katharine McGregor (University of Melbourne), and Sachio Tsukamoto (U. Newcastle – Australia). Moderator: Mary M. McCarthy (Drake University). Click here for event flyer (.pdf) and registration details.

You can find information on past seminars (including event recordings) here.

Conducted over Zoom, these seminars enable researchers and authors to present new and developing work to a global audience. Seminars are free and open to anyone and include a discussion period. See our seminars page for more details.

The Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex, a monument to the roughly 1.5 million Armenians killed, during a commemoration ceremony this April in Yerevan. Credit Kirill Kudryavtsev/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images