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Dr. Robin DeLugan: Remembering Violence: How Nations Grapple With Their Difficult Pasts

June 3, 2021 - 6:00pm

Anthropology Professor Robin DeLugan will discuss her book “Remembering Violence: How Nations Grapple With Their Difficult Pasts” during a free virtual event .  The book examines how commemorations of 1930s violence in El Salvador, Spain and the Dominican Republic bring attention to 20th century dictatorship and authoritarianism. The author argues that the focus on historical memory is an attempt to confront and also transform the meaning of national belonging.  Get more details: https://bit.ly/2RW5X6h