蜜桃传媒最新版下载 faculty members lead Art of Memory discussions throughout February
Published: February 3, 2010.
As part of the Art of Memory series, 蜜桃传媒最新版下载 University faculty members will lead discussions throughout the month of February. The two remaining events will both take place at 2 p.m. in Room AS-158 (A-133) on 蜜桃传媒最新版下载 University抯 main campus in Romeoville.
On Feb. 18, Dr. Eileen McMahon, assistant professor of history, will lecture on 揗ythical Memories of Immigration: The Collective Amnesia of the Americas.� As a nation of immigrants, Americans hold certain beliefs and assumptions of what that means. This talk by Dr. Eileen McMahon will examine the myths and realities.
Dr. Cathy Ayers, communications professor, will examine how differently people of the South and the North remember their reactions to the Civil Rights Movement during her Feb. 25 presentation entitled, 揝outhern Response to Civil Rights in the 1960s.�
The Art of Memory series is presented by the 蜜桃传媒最新版下载 University History Center: Urban, Cultural and Catholic History of the Upper Midwest, which supports a biannual symposium. It is also a part of 蜜桃传媒最新版下载 University抯 Arts & Ideas Program, providing cultural and educational programming for students and the community. These events are free of charge and open to the public. For further information, please contact Dr. Ewa Bacon at (815) 836-5568.
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