On this podcast, Jon Alterman speaks with Dr. Craig Larkin on Babel, where they explore different approaches to reconstruction and reconciliation following violence in the Middle East. Dr. Larkin is the director of the Center for the Study of Divided Societies at King’s College London and leads research on memory and conflict for XCEPT. His work examines how communal memory shapes and sustains violence.
The politics of memory, from Mosul to Beirut to Gaza
While there’s been a lot of focus on physical rebuilding, Dr. Craig Larkin argues there’s not enough focus on how communities heal.