Meet Dr. Marianne Hirsch at the Opening Reception for Nonlinear Histories: Transgenerational Memory of Trauma. The lecture will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium; the Opening Reception will run from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. in ReflectSpace. 

ReflectSpace Gallery at Downtown Central Library in Glendale presents “Nonlinear Histories: Transgenerational Memory of Trauma”, an exhibition that explores the impossible yet inevitable challenges of addressing the politics of memory of the Armenian Genocide by succeeding second, third and fourth generations. Revolving around the idea of postmemory, a concept developed by renowned literary and cultural critic Marianne Hirsch, Nonlinear Histories probes memories and narratives transmitted in the wake of trauma: the process of the individual and collective ownership of trauma, and the collision of personal, national and cultural memories.

Dr. Marianne Hirsch will present a lecture at the exhibition opening entitled “Forty Days and More: Connective Histories.” Marianne Hirsch is a William Peterfield Trent Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and Professor in the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Her critically acclaimed work combines feminist theory with memory studies, particularly the transmission of memories of violence across generations.  <Read More>

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