May 23-25, 2019
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MAY 23
Hillman Hall | Clark-Fox Forum & Commons
4:00 – 5:00 PM
OPENING SESSION
Keynote Address | Strobe Talbott, Distinguished Fellow in Residence in Foreign Policy and Former President, Brookings Institution
| 4:00 PM | Welcome & Introduction | Mark S. Wrighton, Chancellor Washington University in St. Louis |
| 4:10 PM | Opening Keynote Address: A New Counter-Enlightenment? | Strobe Talbott |
| 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks | Mark Wrighton |
5:15 – 6:00 PM | Reception | Hillman Hall, Caleres Lounge, 3rd Floor
FRIDAY, MAY 24
Hillman Hall | Ground Floor, Room 60
8:30 – 10:00 AM
SESSION I
| 8:30 AM | Welcome & Introduction | Henry L. Roediger, III and James V. Wertsch, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 8:45 AM | National Pasts as Political Presents: A Delimma for Our (All) Time | Carol Gluck, Columbia University |
| 9:15 AM | War Remembered, Revolution Forgotten: Korean War Memory and the Contour of China’s Nationalism | Zhao Ma, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 9:45 AM | Persistence of National Core Memory over 3000 Years: The Case of Ancient vs. Modern Israel | Yadin Dudai, Weizmann Institute of Science and New York University |
10:15 -10:45 AM | Coffee Break | Hillman Hall, Room 60 Foyer
10:45 AM -12:15 PM
SESSION II
| 10:45 AM | Populist Beliefs: Byproducts of an Adaptive System? | Elizabeth J. Marsh, Duke University |
| 11:15 AM | True and False Memory Transmission in Small Groups and Large Networks: A Cognitive Analysis of How Collective Memories Emerge | Suparna Rajaram, Stony Brook University |
| 11:45 AM | Memory Propagation in Social Networks: A Psychologically- grounded Approach to the Formation of Collective Memories | Alin Coman, Princeton University |
12:15 – 1:30 PM | Lunch | Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum, 1st Floor
1:30 – 3:00 PM
SESSION III
| 1:30 PM | City on a Hill: Pilgrims, Puritans, and Origins of America | Abram Van Engen, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 2:00 PM | American Origins: Political and Religious Divides in U.S. Collective Memory | Jeremy K. Yamashiro, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 2:30 PM | From Hero to Villain: Stability and Change in Popular Beliefs about Christopher Columbus | Amy Corning, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan |
3:00-3:30 PM | Coffee Break | Hillman Hall, Room 60 Foyer
3:30 – 5:00 PM
SESSION IV
| 3:30 PM | U.S. and Germany’s Collective Memory of Pride and Shame for U.S. and German History | Sharda Umanath, Claremont McKenna College |
| 4:00 PM | Generational and Intergenerational Collective Remembering: Evidence for Global Narratives, Region-Culture Influences, and National Political Cultures across 42 Societies | James Liu, Massey University |
| 4:30 PM | What Coalitional Psychology Can Tell Us about Populism and National Memory | Pascal Boyer, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks | Henry L. Roediger, III, Washington University in St. Louis |
SATURDAY, MAY 25
Hillman Hall | Ground Floor, Room 60
8:30 – 10:00 AM
SESSION V
| 8:30 AM | National Narcissism as a Form of Collective Narcissism | Henry L. Roediger, III, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 9:00 AM | Collective Memories of World War II: Similarities and Differences in Recall of the Most Important Events Across 11 Countries | Magdalena Abel, University of Regensberg |
| 9:30 AM | Collective Remembering of World War II in Poland: A Polish-Centric Perspective | Krystian Barzykowski, Jagiellonian University |
10:00-10:30 AM | Coffee Break | Hillman Hall, Room 60 Foyer
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
SESSION VI
| 10:30 AM | How National Memory Does – and Does Not – Change: The Braking Power of Narrative Templates | James V. Wertsch, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 11:00 AM | Georgian Bivocality and the New Radical Nationalism | Nutsa Batiashvili, Free University of Tbilisi |
| 11:30 AM | The Interplay of Narratives, Memory, Identify and Politics in Peace and Conflict in the Southern Caucasus | Rauf Garagozov, Uppsala University |
12:00 – 1:30 PM | Lunch | Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum, 1st Floor
1:30 – 3:00 PM
SESSION VII
| 1:30 PM | Charlottesville and the End of American Exceptionalism | Jeffrey Olick, University of Virginia |
| 2:00 PM | The Ecology or Memory Movements: Reimagining History & Identity in a Crucible of Populism | David Cunningham, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 2:30 PM | American Collective Identity at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice | Christina Simko, Williams College |
| 3:00 PM | Collective Memories of the U.S.Civil War in Northerners and Southerners | Andrew C. Butler, Washington University in St. Louis |
3:30-4:00 PM | Coffee Break | Hillman Hall, Room 60 Foyer
Closing Keynote Address | David Blight, Yale University
| 4:00 PM | Introduction | James V. Wertsch |
| 4:05 PM | Closing Keynote Address: Composite Nation: Frederick Douglass and the Question of Whether America Can Ever Achieve a Unifying Narrative | David Blight |
| 4:40 PM | Question & Answer Session | |
| 4:50 PM | Summary & Closing Remarks | James V. Wertsch |
| 5:30 PM | Book Signing: Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Books will be available for purchase during this event. | David Blight |