Workshop of Memory and Emotions
The Cambridge History of Memory and Emotions Workshop (MEW) provides a friendly and open environment for postgraduates to present on any aspect of the history of memory and the history of emotions. We are open to work from any time period and place. People are welcome to present finished pieces or work in progress, to develop their ideas and discuss their work with their peers.
Format
The format for this workshop is two twenty minute papers followed by refreshments and discussion. We will meet at a central Cambridge location every other week. For Lent Term, this will be mostly on Thursdays (with the exception of Wednesday 13th March).
We intend for these sessions to be both in person in Cambridge and hybrid, with a preference for in person attendance for those based in Cambridge. If you are interested in attending the sessions online, do join our mailing list by sending us an email at CamHistMemEmo@gmail.com. We will send out a link to each session on the day.
Would you like to present?
This workshop is a forum for postgraduates working on any aspect of the history of memory or the history of emotions. We welcome submissions on any time period or place, from historians or those in related disciplines. Scholars might choose to present on the relationship between emotion and memory, though we welcome papers that focus solely on memory or emotions. In anticipation of a planned collaboration, we would also particularly welcome submissions concerning memory and emotions in legal and social history.
This workshop is an encouraging and friendly space for scholars to present both finished pieces, and work in progress. We welcome submissions from Master’s and PhD students. The workshop meets on alternate weeks, unless otherwise noted. In each session we will have two to three 20-minute papers. We look forward to convening afterwards for socialising, and refreshments will be provided.
Those interested in presenting should send a 250-word abstract and a short bio (no more than 100 words) to CamHistMemEmo@gmail.com.
Events for Easter 2023
Thursday, 6 May 2024, 5 pm – 7 pm, on the theme of "Ireland"
Jane M. Harris, University of Cambridge
‘“How Long Must We Sing This Song?”: Collective Memory’s Usefulness in Analyzing and Overcoming the Trauma of The Troubles’
Ruth Foster, University of Cambridge
‘Constructing the “Sinn Fein Rabbi”: Understanding the place of Rabbi Herzog in Israeli and Irish memory’
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 5 pm – 7 pm, on the theme of "Early Modern Europe"
History Faculty, SR02
Lola Starkenburg, University of Cambridge
‘Memory, Emotion and the Testimonies of Victimised Boys in Eighteenth Century London’
Rachel Robinson, University of Cambridge
‘Laughter and the Early Modern Body’
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 5pm – 7pm, on the theme of "Spatiality"
History Faculty, SR02
Keni Li, University of Glasgow
‘Reinventing Contemporary Exhibition Space for Emotion: Novels, Domestic Space and Cinematic Cartography’
Melissa Thomas, University of York
‘Landscapes of Ruins: Memory and Affects of the Past in Shetland, Scotland’
Yuxi Xiong, University of Cambridge
'River Flows Alongside Memory: Comparative Analysis of Urban Regeneration Projects (London Battersea Power Station & Shanghai Huangpu Riverbank)
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 5 pm – 7 pm, on the theme of "Conflict"
History Faculty, History Faculty Boardroom
Hannah Ahamedi, University of Cambridge
'Shaping the African Liberal Subject: An Analysis of the British Colonial Administration's Construction of Female Ex-Combatants in 1950s Kenya and its Contemporary Implications'
Anne Van Mourik, University of Amsterdam
‘Entangled Memories: Greater War Hunger and Colonial Ambitions in German Educational Narratives (1914-45)’
Contact
If you have any questions or would like to be added to to the mailing list, please email us at CamHistMemEmo@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter @HistMemEmo.
Convenors for 2023 - 2024
Daniel Gilman
Tiéphaine Thomason
David Martin