Irish History

Troubles with Remembering; or, The Seven Sins of Memory Studies

Historians often talk about memory, while actually writing in looser terms about history. There is also a prevalent tendency to confuse memory with historiography, which…

Irish History

Memory Too Has a History

For all the talk of the past, much of the current infatuation with memory has been driven by the concerns of the present, while the…

Sifting And Winnowing

Many self-proclaimed radicals choose to exercise their freedom in order to tell students what to think, rather than take the slower, truly academic (and ultimately…