Monuments and Memorials: constructing national identity and public memory through the visual arts in 20th Century Central- and Eastern-Europe. Comparative studies
Thesis supervisor: András Rényi
Location of studies (in Hungarian): ELTE BTK Abbreviation of location of studies: ELTE
Description of the research topic:
Publicly erected site markers and visual signs have two different functions in a modern society: 1. they celebrate past events, persons or symbols that are of great importance for the ‘positive identity’ of a given community, or 2. they may warn the community not to forget negative events, persons or symbols, that people would rather not remember. Architectural and sculptural signs referring to ‘postitive identity’ can be termed “monuments”, while those claiming more reflectiveness and critical thinking on behalf of the beholder, are “memorials”. Monuments and memorials remember the past, but are meant for the future and are intended to be effective in the actual present. They are integral parts of the so called visual culture of the day, and therefore can be treated as ‘visual events’, i.e. as interactions of the particular visual/spatial signs, the artistic (architectural, sculptural etc.) technology that enables and sustains them and the citizen/viewer. This makes the interdisciplinary approach a must: results and methods of art history, aesthetics, anthropology, social psychology, history and political sciences all should be taken into account.
Required language skills: english Recommended language skills (in Hungarian): german, italian, russian Number of students who can be accepted: 1
Deadline for application: 2024-05-06
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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