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Donnerstag | 16.15 Uhr | Colloquium Series „New Interventions in the History of Partition” Session 7: 02.02.2023 | From Silences to Virtual Memories: Partition History in the Digital Age - Dr. Pippa Virdee (De Montfort University). Dr. Pippa Virdee (De Montfort University) There has been a surge in Partition Studies in recent years that illuminates the changing relationship between how we speak and write about History, amplified by the digital age and social media. A key element in this has been the role of the South Asian diaspora and organisations and institutions based in the Global north, which have enabled the scalingup of these initiatives. This talk attempts to firstly contextualise this development, then offer a critique and thereby attempt to complicate these historiographical developments. At the heart of this surge has been the use of oral history that Adresse Südasien-Institut Voßstr. 2 69115 Heidelberg Veranstalter Südasien-Institut Homepage Veranstalter Kontakt Anmeldung URL https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrc-mhrD8oGtKjND_L52YSrZlisL_tnL9c |