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SUMMARY: Who Tells Your Story? On the Construction of Public Memory – A Fac
 ulty Panel
DESCRIPTION: Whether within the United States or around the world\, the con
 struction of “public memory” is both important (especially to political lea
 ders seeking to shape a particular civic consciousness) and controversial. 
  Who Tells Your Story (a title taken from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s culture-shap
 ing musical about Alexander Hamilton as myth and symbol) is a collection of
  essays\, edited […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>Whether within the United States or around
  the world\, the construction of “public memory” is both important (especia
 lly to political leaders seeking to shape a particular civic consciousness)
  and controversial.  Who Tells Your Story (a title taken from Lin-Manuel Mi
 randa’s culture-shaping musical about Alexander Hamilton as myth and symbol
 ) is a collection of essays\, edited by visiting professor Sanford Levinson
 \, that examines various answers both within the United States and abroad. 
  How\, for example\, should Eastern European countries\, including Ukraine\
 , integrate the story of the Soviet struggle against Nazi Germany\, into it
 s national narratives—including\, of course\, maintaining monuments to Sovi
 et leaders and soldiers?  We are all familiar with controversies surroundin
 g the memorialization of Confederate “heroes.”  But what particular stories
  should we tell about\, among others\, Thomas Jefferson or Martin Luther Ki
 ng?  Discussing these\, and other examples\, will be <a href="https://hls.h
 arvard.edu/faculty/sanford-v-levinson/">Professors Levinson</a>\, <a href="
 https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/randall-l-kennedy/">Randall Kennedy</a> (wh
 o contributed an essay on King)\, and <a href="https://hls.harvard.edu/facu
 lty/annette-gordon-reed/">Annette Gordon-Reed</a>\, the author of ground-br
 eaking books on Jefferson and the editor more recently of a collection of m
 aterials on Jefferson and race. Join for lunch and what promises to be a fa
 scinating discussion. <em>The first 25 folks through the door will also get
  a copy of the book</em>! <a href="https://forms.gle/5NU2YVwqMsACDWs76">Reg
 istration required</a>.</p>
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ORGANIZER;CN="Emily Rider Neill":MAILTO:eneill@law.harvard.edu
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