(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI, on behalf of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs)
The 27th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture presents “Enduring Wars in Transpacific Memories” by Viet Thanh Nguyen, scholar and author of Pulitzer Prizewinner, The Sympathizer. Nguyen’s work engages dialogue on what it means to be national, ethnic, multicultural, foreign, international, diaspora, and transnational. The Lecture will explore the conflicts and trauma brought about by war, forced migration, and the subsequent resettlement and integration of refugees in a new homeland and the memories that ensue.
The event will take place at 1:00 PM CST on Thursday, September 14, at the Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s campus. Visit the Mortenson Lecture page for more information or to RSVP. The event is free, and it is open to the public. For those unable to attend in person, please join us via livestream. More information and Livestream RSVP available on the Lecture page.