Essay
Who Gets a Name on the Street?
Public commemoration is a present-day decision about which histories deserve everyday visibility.
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Evolving Humanities
History & Heritage
Memory, material culture, and the past in the present.
Retrospective
Notre-Dame’s Reopening and the Labor of Continuity
The cathedral’s return in December 2024 made visible a question that heritage projects must continually answer: what should endure?
Explainer
Oral History Records a Relationship as Well as a Memory
An interview becomes a historical source through consent, context, and careful interpretation.
Analysis
Returning an Object Changes a Museum’s Authority
Restitution asks who should possess cultural material and who gets to determine its future.
Explainer
An Archive’s First Task After a Disaster
Protecting records begins before anyone opens a damaged box.