# Repression and Memory Laws: Controlling a Nation's Past

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Timothy Garton Ash
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/repression-and-memory-laws-controlling-nations-past)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This short extract examines how governments of all stripes attempt to control national past as a way of controlling the future.

## Lectures

1. [Repression and Memory Laws: Controlling a Nation's Past](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/repression-and-memory-laws-controlling-nations-past/00ea7b52927f) (YouTube)