About

The Historical Justice and Memory Research Network brings together scholars and activists concerned with issues of historical justice and memory. This website provides information and resources to encourage interdisciplinary and comparative research on issues relating to memory, memorialisation and historicisation, and historical and transitional justice. The Network is housed at The Swinburne Institute for Social Research in Melbourne, Australia.

Over the past twenty-five years, studies of how injustice has been remembered and forgotten have largely occurred within the bounds of specific academic disciplines and national or local histories. This website is to facilitate interdisciplinary, transnational and comparative cross-fertilisation.

From 14 to 17 February 2012, the Swinburne Institute hosted the Network’s first Historical Justice and Memory conference. For more information, please visit: http://www.historicaljusticeandmemoryconference.net/

This website:

• provides a platform for researchers to publish working papers and receive feedback
• provides a forum for announcing opportunities for collaboration, fellowships, scholarships and conferences on issues of historical justice and memory
• draws attention to recent relevant scholarship from across the world
• publishes reviews of books and exhibitions, and conference reports
• provides a directory of researchers
• profiles relevant websites

The success of this site relies on input from its members. We encourage members to send in working papers, bibliographic details about recent publications, information on new opportunities in this field and other related information.

To become a member of the Historical Justice and Memory Research Network and receive the Network’s newsletter, simply send an email stating your name, institutional affiliation and research interests to historicaljustice@swin.edu.au.

Please also send any comments or contributions to: historicaljustice@swin.edu.au.

This website is hosted by The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne.

This website was developed by Bobby Benedicto,  Lisandro Claudio, Katharine McGregor and Klaus Neumann. Its development has been funded by the Swinburne Institute and by the Australian Research Council through a Discovery grant (project code: DP0877630). It is being maintained by Klaus Neumann and Sonja Dechian.