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Reparations for African Americans? A metahistorical investigation into the ways in chisch Americans relate to the history of slavery
Code
01D30811
Duration
01 October 2011 → 30 September 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • History
Keywords
historical consciousness reparations historical time
 
Project description

My research will examine the ways history has been used in recent debates that have taken place in the United States about the idea of paying reparations to African Americans for the historical injustice of slavery. This examination will involve a discussion of the way modern societies perceive the past, and the relationship between the past and the present day.