Memory and Heritage in American Culture

Education facts

Code: 5EN754

The course examines the significance of cultural heritage and cultural memory in the United States from historical and contemporary perspectives. It centres on questions about identity, nationalism, politics, and commercialism, how history has been represented in for example monuments, museums, commemorations, political debates, and popular culture, as well as the conflicts that regularly occur in the United States around questions of cultural memory and heritage.

Entry requirements

American Studies A1 or 30 credits within the humanities or the social sciences.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Memory and Heritage in American Culture

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 29 March 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %