Viet Thanh Nguyen: A Conversation about War, Art, and Justice
September 19, 2024
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location
UIC Student Center East
Address
750 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Calendar
Download iCal FileSpecial registration is required for this conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, co-sponsored by Illinois Humanities and the University of Illinois Chicago Institute for the Humanities. Registration is full, but you may join the waitlist.
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Reception
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm: A Conversation About War, Art and Justice
Welcome by UIC Provost Karen Colley
Introduction by Anna Guevarra, Founding Director and Professor of Global Asian Studies at UIC
Conversation
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the Aerol Arnold Chair of English, and Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California
Barbara Ransby, author, activist, historian, Distinguished Professor of Black Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History, and Director of the Social Justice Initiative at UIC
Date posted
Sep 6, 2024
Date updated
Sep 10, 2024