This conference seeks to consider related questions, in addition to discussing the state of the relatively new field of historical dialogue and its relationship to other discourses such as transitional justice, memory studies, oral history, historical redress and religious studies. We will address the possibilities and limits of these concepts and methods, searching for unexplored connections and elaborating upon how historical analysis can be used to resolve long-standing sectarian conflicts. An internationally diverse group of presenters will participate in panels covering a wide range of regional and thematic topics, including: Victims and Victimhood in Historical Dialogue History and Justice in Post-Colonial Societies Hegemony and Memory in Turkey The Historian in Dialogue Religion and Memory in Historical Dialogue Local Memory and Global Relations: China, Japan, Korea

This conference is co-hosted by the Guantanamo Public Memory Project.

The conference will take place on the fourth floor of the International Affairs Building (Rooms: 402B, 409 and 418) and Schermerhorn Hall 501 at Columbia University, located on the east and west sides of the street, at 118th Street and Amsterdam