KU Student Veteran’s Uniform Project
September 12-October 16, Lied Center of Kansas
Event Organizer: University of Kansas (Page 1 of 2)
WWI Poetry Reading
Wednesday, October 8, 4:00 pm, Central Court, Spencer Museum of Art
Join visiting artist and Marine veteran Folleh Tamba and KU students as they read poems written during WWI that have inspired Tamba’s art. His exhibition, “A Grunt’s War Diary,” on view at Kansas State University this October, “is a work with immense emotive energy that will educate and create true empathy for the men and women who have fought on all sides in all wars.”
Veterans Day:
vigil at the KU war memorials (Korea, WWII, Vietnam). We will discuss expanding the vigil to include one of the WWI memorials (Union, Stadium, Memorial Drive) 2017 and 2018.
World War I Film Series
University Honors Program and Peace & Conflict Studies in the Humanities & Western Civilization Program
Featuring: The White Ribbon (2009)
Tuesday, April 22, 5:30 pm
Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium
A panel discussion followed the film: Marike Janzen, Assistant Professor of Humanities and Coordinator, Peace and Conflict Studies Program; Ari S. Linden, Visiting Assistant Professor, Germanic Languages & Literatures; Lon Strauss, Lecturer, History
Additional co-sponsors: European Studies Program, Department of German Languages & Literatures.
Mini College 2014
“All for You, Franz? From the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to Total War”
Nathan Wood
June 4, 10:30 – 11:45, The Commons
On June 28, 1914, the heir to the Habsburg throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie were murdered in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist. However gruesome this event may have been, it was not unique. The king and queen of Serbia and the king of Italy had been murdered about a decade before, and the prime ministers of Bulgaria and Russia had been assassinated even more recently. Why, then, did this assassination trigger war, and how did this war come to merit a new concept, that of “total war”? Drawing upon historical research, newspaper reports and images, and artwork from the Spencer Museum of Art, this lecture will grapple with these difficult questions.
Panel Discussion: Media and Military; A Tentative Alliance.
October 12, 4:00 pm, Watkins Museum (still tentative location)
Panelists include cast members of BASETRACK; Barbara Bennett, Associate Dean of KU’s School of Journalism; and moderator Mike Denning, Director, KU Office of Graduate Military Programs. A reception for the BASETRACK cast will follow at the VFW.
KUCREES Brownbag: “Russia and the Outbreak of the Great War” w/ Bruce W. Menning
Tuesday, September 9, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Bailey Hall, Rm 318
Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES) | University of Kansas
KU CREES Brownbags are free and open to the public. They are taped by KU IT’s Media Production Studio and available at:www.youtube.com/KUCREES
University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra with Joshua Roman
September 30, 7:30 pm, Lied Center of Kansas
The KUSO, with guest cellist Joshua Roman, will perform Edward Elgar’s iconic cello concerto, written in response to WW I. Deeply depressed by the Great War’s destruction of the world he had known, Elgar composed the work during summer 1919 at his s cottage in Sussex, England, where during previous years he had heard the sound of artillery across the Channel in France.
Local Veterans Art Exhibit
Sept. 28-Oct. 16, Lied Center of Kansas
The Lied Center of Kansas is hosting a Veteran’s Art Exhibit in connection with the performance of BASETRACK on October 15, 2014. This exhibit will display local Veteran artists’ work throughout the building.
This program is part of the University of Kansas Centennial Commemoration of World War I, coordinated by the European Studies Program.
The Elgar Concerto Within the Context of WWI
Friday, September 26, 2:00 – 3:30 pm, Lied Center Seymour Gallery
Sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Join these speakers for a pre-performance conversation and learn more about the Elgar cello concerto within the context of WWI, the recently acquired WWI collection at the Spencer Museum and KU’s WWI Commemoration.