Utrecht Professor Rigney Explores Role of Hope and Protest in Public Commemoration
April 20, 2026
April 20, 2026
UTRECHT, The Netherlands, April 20 -- Utrecht University posted the following news:
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"There's more to history than dark pages"
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Commemoration nowadays evokes images of war and mass violence. Post-World War II monuments remember victims above all. But when we see history only as a series of horrible events, it can never become a resource for imagining alternatives. That is not only reductive, but also unwise, according to An . . .
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"There's more to history than dark pages"
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Commemoration nowadays evokes images of war and mass violence. Post-World War II monuments remember victims above all. But when we see history only as a series of horrible events, it can never become a resource for imagining alternatives. That is not only reductive, but also unwise, according to An . . .