Recent years have experienced a growing scholarly interest in studying uses of the past whether as studies of memory, heritage, narrative, museums, didactics or something else. At the Faculty of Arts we have many research projects and dissemination activities that focus on uses of the past. Scholars from a broad variety of disciplines are in different ways working on the uses of the past. Uses of the past are studied in its many different expressions, in many different places in the world and in different epochs. The research priority area will promote collaboration among these scholars and bring more national and not least international visibility to their results. Aarhus University is already leading nationally when it comes to research, knowledge exchange and teaching within the field of uses of the past. We will also make the university an international hub for the study of uses of the past