Conflits entre histoire mémorielle et histoire historienne / Conflicts between memorial history and historical history

Abstract

Focused on a form of Memory which receives a new attention in the filed of research, the historical memory, that is representations of historical past, be it national, international, global or local, the article examines the confrontation between scientific and popular versions of events related to slavery, in the French context. After having recalled the evolution of the relation between Memory and History and its consequences on the historian approach, it gives account of the legal and social context within which are formulated the conflicts between the claims of memorial groups and those of historical scientists. The study of such a conflict of past interpretations gives evidence of the multiple buttressing of the past.