Dr. Cynthia Milton

Biography

Cynthia E. Milton joined the University of Victoria on September 1, 2020, in the Department of History. She is a past president of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada and was formerly the Canada Research Chair in the History Department at the Université de Montréal. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on inclusive modes of truth-telling and transitional justice, memory, and the cultural interventions in constructing historical narratives concerning state violence. She is deeply engaged in academic networking and addressing the science-society disconnect in a rapidly changing world. Milton has received several major honors, including the Bolton-Johnson Prize, the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, the Fernand Braudel Fellowship at the European University Institute, and the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship. Her publications include multiple edited collections and monographs on military interventions and cultural memory in Latin America, as well as articles on memory studies and transitional justice. She is committed to advancing scholarly discourse in the realm of historical justice and human rights.

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