Tag: history

The father of reunification. Mikhail Gorbachev, East Side Gallery.

Remembrance Culture

By John Foster
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Memory is one of the most important elements of modern societies. Nowhere has its centrality been so fully illustrated than in Germany. (More…)

Returning the Past

By Heather McRobie
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It was long overdue. But the repatriation of  Aboriginal Australian artefacts from the Manchester Museum is a significant step forward in redressing Britain’s violent past.   (More…)

The Way We Were

By John Foster
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Long ago, while earning a library science degree, I worked as a manuscripts processing archivist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. I handled letters and materials from the 17th century to the present. (More…)