by Lisa Richaud, Université libre de Bruxelles

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.

Lisa Richaud was formerly Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies (Leiden University) and FNRS post-doctoral researcher at the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains (ULB). Her research falls at the intersection of China scholarship, anthropology, and urban studies. She is currently preparing a monograph tentatively entitled Casual Asssemblies: Re-Staging Socialist Amateur Performances in Beijing Public Parks, based on her PhD thesis (ULB, 2016).

Tuesday 20th February 2024, 2pm-4pm

Room R42.5.110
Campus Solbosch - Building R - Level 5
Avenue F. Roosevelt 42
1000 Bruxelles

Free entrance

Contact: east@ulb.be