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HIST 3057 Memory Wars in Contemporary Global Conflicts
This is a test page to show the creation of Wiki pages for 'Memory Wars'. Memory Wars is a third year university course on offer Semester 1, 2017 at the University of Adelaide, North Terrace Campus.

Syllabus Description
At the heart of contemporary global conflicts are diverging narratives of the past. This project focuses on how differing understandings of history are linked to conflicts in the present. We shall look at a wide range of case studies, including: the Sino-Japanese War and the Japanese occupation of Korea, the partition of India/Pakistan and of Israel/Palestine, Stalinism, Fascism, World War II and the Holocaust in Europe. The project also explores the connection between 'memory wars' and the rise of political extremism. Designed to be highly topical, the focus of the project is not on the past but on the politics of history in the present. The project will deepen students' understanding of some of the great conflicts in the world today. This is not a traditional undergraduate course. It is a collaborative research project in which students participate as active researchers. Each student will choose a particular country or region to research. The student will then feed the results of his/her research into a collective pool of information which is shared by the whole class. On the basis of the information gathered by the students themselves, we shall address wider, theoretical questions about the role of history, memory and identity in the modern world.

Course Structure
Officially there are two classes a week for this course, Wednesday 12-2pm, and Thursday 3-4pm. There are also optional discussion circles and writing workshops.

This is not a traditional undergraduate course. It is a collaborative research project in which students participate as active researchers and writers. Working together, we will produce an on-line magazine which will map contemporary memory culture across the glob. Each student will choose a particular region to research, and sit on a 'Newsdesk' along with other students who are interested in the same region. The Newsdesks will then feed the results of their research into a collective pool of information which is shared by the whole class. On the basis of the information gathered by the students themselves, we shall address wider, theoretical questions about the role of history, memory and identity in the modern world.

The Newsdesk regions are: The class as a whole are also considered to collectively be sitting on the Australia Newsdesk.
 * 1) Africa
 * 2) Balkans
 * 3) Baltic States
 * 4) Central Europe
 * 5) East Asia
 * 6) Germany, Austria, Scandinavia
 * 7) Latin America and the Caribbean
 * 8) Middle East
 * 9) New Zealand and Polynesia
 * 10) North America
 * 11) Russia, Belarus and Central Asia
 * 12) South Asia
 * 13) South-East Asia
 * 14) Southern Europe
 * 15) Turkey and the Caucasus
 * 16) UK and Ireland
 * 17) Ukraine
 * 18) Western Europe

Database
As part of the collaborative nature of the course, students are expected to read and enter news article into a Google form. These are then collated and made available to all students to use in their research projects.

Assignment Structure
The course involves 4 assessments. One of which is a group task, the rest individual.
 * 1)  Regional Overview (group task)
 * 2)  Opinion Piece
 * 3)  Research Project
 * 4)  Reflective Document