EIHS Workshop: Memorializing History: Monuments, Myths, and Symbols

What roles do monuments, myths, and symbols play in generating historical memory? How might monuments or symbols be reviewed, recast, reimagined, or transformed? In a series of flash talks covering expansive historical and contemporary terrain, our graduate student panelists explore material memorialization and countermonumental practice, the historical and political legacies of endowed institutions, Ptolemaic coins and political legitimacy, and the myths and realities of eulogized pasts. Please join a moderated roundtable discussion following panelist presentations moderated by Ian Moyer (University of Michigan).

Panelists:
Leila Braun, Graduate Student, English Language and Literature, University of Michigan 
Golriz Farshi, Graduate Student, Middle East Studies, University of Michigan 
Allen Kendall, Graduate Student, Interdepartmental Program in Greek and Roman History, University of Michigan 
Emily Na, Graduate Student, American Culture, University of Michigan
Julianna Loera Wiggins, Graduate Student, American Culture, University of Michigan  
Ian Moyer (chair), Associate Professor, History, University of Michigan

Free and open to the public. This is a remote event and will take place online via Zoom. Please register here in advance: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvcO6urTorHNXGK6xgC0D-goeabuYI81RC

This event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.