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Immigration & Civil Rights on the agenda for Art of Memory

Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå faculty members lead Art of Memory discussions throughout February

Published: February 3, 2010.



As part of the Art of Memory series, Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå 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 Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå University’s main campus in Romeoville.

On Feb. 18, Dr. Eileen McMahon, assistant professor of history, will lecture on “Mythical 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, “Southern Response to Civil Rights in the 1960s.”

The Art of Memory series is presented by the Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå University History Center: Urban, Cultural and Catholic History of the Upper Midwest, which supports a biannual symposium. It is also a part of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå University’s 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.

A Catholic university sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå offers nearly 80 undergraduate majors and programs of study, accelerated degree completion options for working adults, various aviation programs and 22 graduate programs in nine fields. The ninth largest private, not-for-profit university in Illinois is being honored for the sixth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report.



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