Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Histoire et Mémoire

English translation:

History and Memory

Added to glossary by Ian Davies
Feb 14, 2010 08:07
14 yrs ago
French term

Histoire et Mémoire

French to English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy Subject taught to international students at SciencesPo
This the name of of a subject taught to an English speaking student in the framework of an Exchange Program.

I'm not sure whether the Mémoire' is 'thesis' or has some other meaning. 'History and Thesis'?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +10 History and Memory

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History and Memory

I'm sure this is not "thesis". In France we often also refer to the "devoir de mémoire" or 'duty of remembrance' in regards to historic events.

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Thanks for the input - Of course, remembrance is the idea, but in the case of the title for a History course I think (and the internet confirms) that Memory is the term most frequently used.
Example sentence:

History and memory By Jacques Le Goff, Steven Randall, Elizabeth Claman

Peer comment(s):

agree Sheila Wilson : I agree with your explanation but I think remembrance is better than memory
37 mins
agree Caroline Vignard (X) : Agree with Sheila
1 hr
agree Richard Nice : but not remembrance (too reverential - it's also about not effacing unpleasant truths)
1 hr
agree writeaway : agree with Richard. If Le Goff accepted it as a title of the book, it's good enough for me
2 hrs
agree Karen Stokes : Yes, as in "collective memory"
2 hrs
agree sueaberwoman : History and memory. Numerous ghits for academic websites.
3 hrs
agree noirelune
7 hrs
agree Chris Hall : "History and Memory"
9 hrs
agree Jack Dunwell : Agree with Karen
13 hrs
agree Allan MacVicar : History and memory. Especially since it's the title of a course. Remembrance or collective memory could be sub-categories to be studied during the course.
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