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IIT Madras has virtually host Asia's first International Memory Studies Workshop.

As many as 108 participants registered for the first national workshop in the field to be held in Asia

Share Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ Centre for Memory Studies recently hosted virtually Asia’s first International Memory Studies Workshop. It precedes the official launch of the Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS), and brought together participants from all over the world. A number of participants acknowledged the academic as well as the deeply existential need to engage with the field of Memory Studies in the current pandemic world where memory, connectivity and empathy emerge as vital human attributes. Conducted from 26th to 30 April 2021, the workshop had 108 re...

Major new research project to help pupils promote peace and make sense of the violent past Experts have begun a major new research project to help pupils around the world to use history and heritage to promote peace and make sense of past violence.  Members of the new Education, Justice and Memory Network (EdJAM) will work to give young people creative opportunities to discuss, make sense of and respond to war, conflict and brutality. The project is funded through a £2 million grant from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenges Research Funding (GCRF) Collective Programme. Ex...