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March 29, 2026Social Science HistoryOpen Access

Setting Empire in Stone: Commemoration and the Crisis of Historical Subjectivity

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MTMeghan Tinsley

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Overview

This analysis connects anti-racist activism with historical commemoration, suggesting a deeper historical context for current conflicts.

Key Points

  • The aim is to examine how the framing of statue removals reflects colonial understandings of history and knowledge.
  • Analyzed public discourse surrounding the removal of statues during anti-racist movements.
  • Engaged with postcolonial critical realism to critique colonial narratives.
  • Examined specific case studies of Robert E. Lee and Joséphine de Beauharnais statues.
  • Argued that framing statue removals as crises reflects a colonial view of history.
  • Showed that anti-colonial perspectives provide valuable counter-discourses against traditional narratives.
  • Highlighted the ongoing cultural conflicts as rooted in historical crises rather than isolated events.

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Meghan Tinsley (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c8c30dde0f0f753b39d993https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2026.10132
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