Multidirectional Memories, Implicated Subjects, and the Possibilities of Art

HUMANITIES BROADCAST: Lecture by Michael Rothberg, the 1939 Society Samuel Goetz Chair in Holocaust Studies and professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles, and conversation with Rothberg and WashU professors Anika Walke (History) and Geoff Ward (African and African-American Studies).

Following the lecture, Michael Rothberg will join Washington University professors Anika Walke (History) and Geoff Ward (African and African-American Studies) in conversation about Memory for the Future, a Washington University initiative that combines critical memory studies with curatorial and public education projects. In partnership with museums, archives, and commemorative projects, this initiative will facilitate reparative and multidirectional memorial practices in St. Louis.