Echoes of War

FAIN: AV-255542-17

Minnesota Humanities Center (St. Paul, MN 55106-2046)
Casey DeMarais (Project Director: November 2016 to December 2019)

Veteran-led public discussion programs in three Minnesota communities, with a focus on war, place, and memory through World War I, and the Vietnam, and Iraq wars.

Echoes of War, a project of the Minnesota Humanities Center, will explore the multiplicity of Veterans’ experiences by examining the roots of war in a place and its past and the echoes of war in a people and their memories. The wars in Vietnam and Iraq will be studied in the context of colonial conflicts and World War I using literature, memoir, and personal histories. The project includes presentations by and discussions with visiting scholars including renowned poet Brian Turner, Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, and noted historian Ron Milam. 10 NEH Discussion Leaders will participate in an intensive residential preparatory program that is grounded in the literature of war and training in discussion facilitation. A series of public discussions will be conducted in St. Paul, Northfield, and Winona, Minnesota.

Media Coverage

Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, 'fighting for utopia' (Review)
Author(s): Claude Peck
Publication: Star Tribune
Date: 9/16/2017
Abstract: Review of An Evening with Viet Thanh Nguyen in MN's largest newspaper, the Star Tribune.
URL: http://www.startribune.com/novelist-viet-thanh-nguyen-fighting-for-utopia/444887993/

Echoes of War (Media Coverage)
Author(s): KWNO Radio
Publication: KWNO
Date: 5/2/2017
Abstract: Story about Echoes of War project and recruiting Discussion Leaders in Winona.
URL: http://www.winonaradio.com/2017/05/02/Echoes-of-War/23068624

Associated Products

An Evening with Viet Thanh Nguyen Retrospective (Blog Post)
Title: An Evening with Viet Thanh Nguyen Retrospective
Author: Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen
Abstract: A blog post from local poet Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen reflecting on the Evening with Viet Thanh Nguyen public event -- hosted in conjunction with the Echoes of War project, though funded with private dollars.
Date: 09/15/2017
Primary URL: https://mnhum.org/blog/evening-viet-thanh-nguyen-retrospective/
Primary URL Description: Minnesota Humanities Center blog
Blog Title: An Evening with Viet Thanh Nguyen Retrospective
Website: Minnesota Humanities Center

An Evening with Viet Thanh Nguyen (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: An Evening with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Abstract: This is a video recording of An Evening with Viet Thanh Nguyen, an event held in conjunction with the Echoes of War project, though funded with private dollars. The event took place at St. Catherine University, in which Nguyen was interviewed by author Kao Kalia Yang. The event launched the Minnesota Humanities Center's War and Memory conversation series.
Author: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Author: Kao Kalia Yang
Date: 9/15/2017
Location: St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
Primary URL: https://mnhum.org/community-conversations/war-and-memory/
Primary URL Description: Video recording hosted on the Minnesota Humanities Center website.

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