Join the Museum staff for refreshments, gallery explorations, and a short gallery introduction by UIUC Associate Professor of Scandinavian Studies Anna Westerståhl Stenport. “North of the Northen Lights” and its associated events are sponsored by the Dr. Allan C. Campbell Family Distinguished Speaker Series and co-sponsored by the University of Illinois European Union Center, funded in part by a US Department of Education Title VI grant.
Location: Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Cost: Free Admission
For further information, contact Kim Sheahan at (217) 244-3355 or ksheahan@illinois.edu
AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary Film and Discussion Series at the Spurlock 2015–2016: “Agrarian Utopia” will be on Tuesday, October 13, 2015. “Agrarian Utopia” is a film by Uruphong Raksasad, 2009, 121 minutes, in Thai with English subtitles.
Facing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming season like every year. But no matter how much the world is evolving, how much the country is going through economic, political and social changes, they still cannot grasp that ideology of happiness.
This series of public film screenings and lecture/discussion programs is organized by the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) at the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies. It is planned in collaboration with the Spurlock Museum and presented in the Knight Auditorium. Guest scholars and members of the campus and local communities will introduce the films and lead post-screening audience discussions.
Related Links: AEMS website http://www.aems.illinois.edu/
Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Free Admission
Thanks to Kim Sheahan of Spurlock Museum for these information items.
**********