NEH Collaborative: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Methods, Goals, and Ethics of Memorialization

FAIN: RZ-300085-24

University of Mississippi (University, MS 38677-1848)
Deborah Mower (Project Director: November 2023 to present)

Planning and holding an interdisciplinary conference on the goals, methods, and ethics of memorialization. (12 months) 

This proposal seeks support from the Convening funding category to gather scholars for a conference to be held March 14-15, 2025, at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Scholars from many fields specialize in preservation, memorialization, and memory work, but there is little agreement or collaborative work across disciplines. Our goal in proposing this conference is to bring scholars from a wide array of fields together to learn more about the practical problems, theoretical concerns, models for methods, and discussion of the goals surrounding different types of memorial projects.