Why do Monuments Matter?

Part of the Samantha Woll Dialogues, Raoul Wallenberg Institute Director Jeffrey Veidlinger moderated an exchange between Erin Thompson (author of Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America’s Public Monuments) and Anoush Tamar Suni (sociocultural anthropologist and Raoul Wallenberg Institute Fellow), examining the provocative and, at times, controversial, role monuments play in the history and memory of a nation. February 3, 2026 Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union