Lecture by Jalane Schmidt: Historical Memory, Public Space, and Civil War: A Perspective from the United States On Monday, 17 November, the Faculty of Geography and History will host a lecture by Jalane Schmidt, professor at the University of Virginia (USA), entitled: Historical Memory, Public Space, and Civil War: A Perspective from the United States. Jalane Schmidt is director of the Memory Project at the University of Virginia (UVA) Democracy Initiative and associate professor of Religious Studies. She teaches courses on race, religion, and social change movements and is the author of Cachita's Streets: The Virgin of Charity, Race & Revolution in Cuba, a study of Cuban national identity, religion, and public events. Schmidt, an academic and activist in Charlottesville, Vir...