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James Young: Stages of Memory

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    James E. Young is professor of English and Judaic studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he also currently chairs the department of Judaic and Near Eastern studies. He is the author of The Texture of Memory, which won the National Jewish Book Award in 1994. Profile
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A former juror for the World Trade Center Site Memorial competition discusses the importance of memorials and architecture’s potential role and responsibility in the process. Young is a professor of English and Judaic Studies at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the author of The Texture of Memory and At Memory’s Edge: After-images of the Holocaust in Contemporary Art and Architecture.

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Memorial, Architecture, Memory, Grief, 9/11, Holocaust, New York City

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