Memory, Responsibility and Transformation
Conversations with students at the University of Virginia.
Created in response to the white supremacist attacks in Charlottesville on August 11th and 12th, 2017, this ongoing project challenges UVA students to work with visting fellows from Germany and UVA faculty to consider how societies teach and memorialize the past. Through art, activism, and scholarship, students address difficult chapters of history from slavery and segregation in the United States to colonialism, genocide, and dictatorship in Germany. This initiative also provides students and the wider Charlottesville community an opportunity to engage in constructive dialogue on the topic of historical inequality, injustice, and responsibility.
Co-sponsored by the Center for German Studies and the Collective Response: Moving Forward Fund at the University of Virginia.
Personally, I believe that the purpose of history is to help us learn for the future.Walter, UVA Class of 2021
UVA must not ignore its racist roots if it hopes to understand and correct the current climate.David, UVA Class of 2020
When I think about UVA, I think about a resilient community, not one of fear and shame.Audrey, UVA Class of 2018
