Remembrance

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“Confederate Heritage Month” and the Memory of the American Civil War

by Rob Thompson on April 27, 2020

The history of the American Civil War is very much about memory and, in recent years, the construction and contestation of this memory has played out on social media platforms like Twitter. While this presents

Militarism, Immigrants, and Modern America

by Justin Olmstead on November 11, 2017

As the world commemorates the centenary of the First World War and the US begins to grudgingly do the same

Poppies, football and remembering the dead: they’ve always been political

by Martin Johnes on November 7, 2016

In 1919 a series of special international football matches were held between the British home nations. They were not to

Wounded warriors or pension neurotics? Disabled veterans in the ‘land fit for heroes’

by Stephanie Wright on November 11, 2014

The overwhelming success of the commemorative poppy installation at the Tower of London has highlighted the enduring public sympathy for

War, morality and violence in the early Middle Ages

by Conor O'Brien on November 6, 2014

I was recently surprised when a group of my students, asked to describe the early Middle Ages, almost entirely chose

Remembering the Forgotten War: Korean veterans and the power of public memory

by Meghan Fitzpatrick on August 4, 2014

Over the next four years, historians and the public alike have been called upon to commemorate and remember the First World War. Countless documentaries, articles, books and blogs have been prepared and doubtless there will

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