51-3112 Humanities Study in South Africa: Memory in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Since the end of apartheid, South Africans have been engaged in memory work, which is based on the desire to remember or at least not forget their traumatic past. Complicating memory work has been the burden of the future. With the release of Nelson Mandela and the first democratic elections, there was a call for consensus around a new multi-racial nation. But has such a consensus occurred and among whom; and is it more likely with or without deep confessions to the past? All of these will be tackled in the study trip to South Africa. Students must also register for the linked History course, 49 3026.
3 Credits