A Zócalo Event Series, Supported by The Mellon Foundation
“How Should Societies Remember Their Sins?” is a two-year editorial and event series supported by the Mellon Foundation. Blending scholarly essays and personal stories, we will explore how societies around the world collectively remember their transgressions and make attempts at repair, and how we might imagine new paths forward.
This series is supported by The Mellon Foundation
Thanks to our media sponsor
Upcoming Events in this Series
Los Angeles In-Person | Streaming Online
How Does Confronting Our History Build a Better Future?
Recent attempts to confront difficult history have exposed major divisions over memory in the United States. But scholars, social justice activists, and many others argue that grappling with the sins of the past, and the ways they reverberate into the present, is a necessary foundation for reimagining the future. Museums are finding new ways to collaborate with communities on projects …