by Françoise Robin, INALCO, MSH Guest professor

History and Memory in East Asia (SOCA-D-491) - coordinator: Pierre Petit & Lisa Richaud

This course addresses the twin issues of history and memory in South-East and North-East Asia. History and memory trigger frictions in East Asia at large, but they can also be considered as a frame or a matrix for the (re)production of social relations and cultural practices in the subcontinent at large. The course intends to approach these processes from an anthropological perspective, sensitive to the long-term and to local contexts, grounded on ethnographic fieldwork and archival sources -- or other relevant sources. This mixed approach should help to gain a better understanding of the representation and the uses of the past in current contexts, ranging from official history to collective or personal memory.

Françoise Robin (born 1968) is a Tibetan-studies professor at Paris' National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) where she specialises in the language, cinema, and literature of Tibet.

Tuesday 7th May 2024, 2pm-4pm

Room P4.1.10
Campus Solbosch - Building P4 - Level 1
Avenue F. Roosevelt 42
1000 Bruxelles

Free entrance

Contact: east@ulb.be