Jay Winter • Ieper-Kentlezing

War museums need to change when the way historians write about war changes.

In the last decade there has been a discussion of what I call 'the civilianization of war'. It is now commonly agreed that from the Great War on, civilian deaths represented roughly two-thirds of all war-related deaths. This erasure of the distinction between civilian and military targets, and the recognition of the staggering human price civilians pay in wartime together raise substantial questions as to the design and narrative of war museums in coming years. It also suggests links between wars in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine, and the pattern of military violence over the past century.

This lecture focuses on this issue, one of direct contemporary significance and of importance for all those engaged in representing war to the general public.

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> Donderdag 3 december, 19.30 uur

> Museumcafé

> Na de lezing biedt het museum een drankje aan.

> Gratis, mits registratie

> De voertaal is Engels

Registreer hier: https://www.inflandersfields.be/nl/programma-1/constellations-of-memory-a-social-agency-approach

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