Part of the Big Read St. Joe project is to share the history, the art, and the memories of soldiers with the community. We have put together an exhibit at the Schurz Library on the campus of IU South Bend, But a community is more than a physical space, and this exhibit is now visible… Read more »
Month: October 2017
“The Things They Carried” Exhibit Covered in Press
The IU South Bend student paper, The Preface, has a nice review of the exhibit currently on display at the Schurz Library lobby. Read it here. The exhibit is also mentioned in the South Bend Tribune. See it soon for yourself.
IU Prof Releases Vietnam War Documentary
[excerpted from Inside IU] Indiana University professor emeritus Ron Osgood was drafted into the Vietnam War in 1968, but his time in the Navy didn’t fully shape his understanding of the war. That came some four decades later, when Osgood began production on his 2010 PBS documentary “My Vietnam, Your Iraq.” This year, he released his… Read more »
Military Members as Subjects of Study
In this excerpt from a conversation, Gina M. Pérez, author of Citizen, Student, Soldier: Latina/o Youth, JROTC and the American Dream, and Zoë H. Wool, author of After War: Weight of Life at Walter Reed, discuss the moral, political, and personal stakes of US militarism. And this is one of the most challenging things about doing this… Read more »
History on Tap! for October
David James will share his story, “The Day I Refused Induction” at our next History on Tap! event. He will, no doubt, also play one or two Vietnam-era protest songs. Join us on Wednesday, October 11 at 6pm in the newly family friendly South Bend Brew Werks. Beer, music, and the risk of arrest (50… Read more »
Reception to Ken Burns’s “Vietnam War”
Currently, the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary about the Vietnam War is airing on PBS, and many different media outlets have discussed the documentary itself, as well as the impact and legacy of the Vietnam War itself. Here is just a small selection of press reaction. Mark Feeney from the Boston Globe opines… Read more »
Sequences Exhibit at Schurz Library
For the month of October, stop by the lobby on the first floor of the Schurz Library at IU South Bend to see an exhibit of military art and history. “The Things They Carried: Sequences” collects items used by veterans, as well as their stories — soon to be shared online. The exhibit is in… Read more »