{"id":6011,"date":"2017-09-19T08:50:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T08:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=6011"},"modified":"2017-09-19T08:50:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T08:50:20","slug":"historians-on-the-confederate-monument-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=6011","title":{"rendered":"Historians on the Confederate Monument Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

U nastavku upu\u0107ujemo na brojne reakcije ameri\u010dkih povjesni\u010dara i izjavu American Historical Association povodom javne rasprave o konfederacijskim spomenicima.<\/p>\n

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Historians on the Confederate Monument Debate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“History is what the present chooses to remember about the past.” ~ Carl Becker (AHA President, 1931)<\/p>\n

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In the wake of the Charlottesville tragedy, historians across the country provided important historical context and insight to the public. The AHA compiled statements that our members, fellow historical societies, AHA Council members, and staff have made in op-eds, interviews, and other media conversations about the importance of historical thinking and knowledge within the current debate. The AHA\u2019s statement on how these issues relate to the discipline of history will be forthcoming.<\/p>\n

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AHA Statement on Confederate Monuments<\/p>\n

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AHA Resources<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.historians.org\/news-and-advocacy\/everything-has-a-history\/historians-on-the-confederate-monument-debate<\/a><\/p>\n

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National Council on Public History<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Monumental moments<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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While dozens of historians stepped forward to contextualize the timing and intent of these memorials and endorse their removal, in the weeks that followed many Americans agreed with President Donald J. Trump that it was \u201cSad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments . . . you can\u2019t change history, but you can learn from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Seizing the final clause in the president\u2019s message as our license, we at The Public Historian take this opportunity to share a dozen essays from the journal\u2019s backlist, ranging across some twenty years, that illustrate the evolving historiography on the issue of monuments, memory, history, and heritage and broaden the discussion beyond the focus of the Civil War, Redemption, and resistance to the expansion of civil rights during the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>\n

Monumental moments<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n