Abstract
This paper questions the use of 'memory', 'remembering' and 'collective memory' as a conceptual tool in historical study. It will ague that a synchronic model for commemorative practice needs to be highlighted, and in doing so questions the role of historians in commemorative practice.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Remembering 1916 The Easter Rising, the Somme and the Politics of Memory in Ireland |
| Editors | Richard Grayson, Fearghal McGarry |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 24-42 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781107145900 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2016 |
Keywords
- commemoration
- Commemoration Conflict Memory Politics
- 1916
- ritual
- history
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Bryan, D. (2016). Ritual, identity and nation: when the historian becomes the high priest of commemoration. In R. Grayson, & F. McGarry (Eds.), Remembering 1916 The Easter Rising, the Somme and the Politics of Memory in Ireland (pp. 24-42). Cambridge University Press .