The recent Black Lives Matter protests and debates around Confederate statues have shown the importance of memorials as representations of historical narratives. How certain histories are immortalized or elided, and indeed how Americans live with, and in the shadow of, such symbols, remains a provocative line of inquiry. What does it mean to cast history in iron and stone? What can be learned, or unlearned, by the American relationship to the icon, emblem, and memorial?
This December, guest editor Anne Stokes will be running a special series focused on historic U.S memorials and popular memory. Anne invites contributions from postgraduate students and ECRs on any aspect of memorials, memory, or the intersection of the two in North America and is open to a range of proposals. Final articles will be between 700-1200 words following the guidelines on our website. We are looking for well-informed, concise analysis that is accessible to a wide readership.