Project

Reparations for African Americans? A metahistorical investigation into the ways in chisch Americans relate to the history of slavery

Code

01D30811

Looptijd

01-10-2011 → 30-09-2016

Financiering

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Berber Bevernage

Onderzoeksdisciplines

Humanities and the arts
- History

Trefwoorden

reparaties historisch bewustzijn historische tijd Geschiedenis

Projectomschrijving

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.