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Making History Public:

Righting Historical Wrongs at the Turn of the Millennium

Student-­‐generated  infographics  connec3ng  20th  c.  local  and  global  history  

Spring  semester  exhibi3on  in  the  History  Department

• Pesky Terminology: Conceptualizing "Redress" in Historical Justice Discourse • The Historical Justice Research Buzz Around the Globe • Japanese Internment: Public Memory, Civic Activism, State Compensation • Mea Culpa: Papal Apologies at the Turn of the Millennium • Addressing Enduring Injustices: Indigenous Rights Movements in Okinawa and the World • National Historic Landmarks: A Method of Acknowledging Injustices in the United States • Rethinking the Peace Museum in an Age of Global Human Rights Abuses • Breaking the History of Silence: The Women's Int’l War Crimes Tribunal for Sexual Slavery • The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Republic of Korea • Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Worldwide • Transitional Justice in Post-dictatorial Regimes: South American and African Truth

Commissions • Now it is YOUR Turn to Weigh In: What Un-redressed Mass Atrocities Need Our Attention? • Future Justice?