Towards a canonized morality? Historiography, memory and the Resistance during WWII.
What is the social significance of World War II today? And what role can (or can’t) historical research play ? On 15 March in Ghent, Nico Wouters will give a short lecture entitled 'Towards a canonized morality? World War II in memory and historiography'. The lecture is followed by a session on the history of the resistance during the Second World War, with Michèle Corthals (UAntwerpen), Babette Weyns (UGent) and Ruben Lateur (UGent) as speakers. They will present their new research findings and will also debate the tensions between memory and history as we see them increasingly emerging today around the theme of resistance.
All these lectures will take place within the framework of the ‘Spring Meeting’ of the Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal- en Letterkunde en Geschiedenis. Venue of the event is the KANTL in Ghent.