Presented as part of the Literary Studies Seminar Series.

This thesis deals with the display of historical memories in contemporary human rights museums. It aims to explore how conflicted pasts are being framed through the lens of human rights, using four institutions from around the world as case studies. Given the current debates surrounding post-nationalism and the emergence of a transnational solidarity community, particular consideration will be given to the processes of social memory formation that unfold between the poles of the national and the transnational.

Sulamith Graefenstein completed her Masters at the University of Konstanz, Germany, in 2009, and has previously been a Visiting Fellow at the ANU’s Centre for European Studies.