Writing the Vietnam War: Humanities Perspectives

Honolulu, Hi—October 25, 2005 -- A special forum titled “Writing the Vietnam War: Humanities Perspectives” will be presented by Chaminade University of Honolulu, on Monday, November 7, 2005, at 7 p.m. in the Ching Conference Center. This event focuses upon the past, present, and future of writing about the Vietnam War and addresses the teaching of such writing. A panel of national and local writers will offer comments about their writing on the war from different humanities perspectives. Panelists include:

• Tim O'Brien, author of Going After Cacciato, The Things They Carried, and In the Lake of the Woods
• Wayne Karlin, author of War Movies, translator/editor of "Voices of Vietnam," Curbstone Press
• Phillip Beidler, literary critic, author of American Literature and the Experience of Vietnam
• Bev Keever, Professor of Journalism, UHM, Vietnam Correspondent for Newsweek, NY Herald Tribune, and Christian Science Monitor
• Denby Fawcett, Political Reporter, KITV, Vietnam Correspondent, contributor to War Torn:  Stories of War from Women Reporters
• Tad Bartimus, Syndicated Columnist, Vietnam Correspondent, Associated Press, contributor to War Torn:  Stories of War from Women Reporters

            Following the panelists' comments, Principal Humanities Scholar Dr. Pierre Asselin of Chaminade University will moderate an exchange between the panelists and the audience, and conclude the evening with a brief summation.  A reception will follow. Contact Dr. Asselin at (808) 739-8530 for more information.

            This Program is supported by a grant from the Hawaii Council for the Humanities and co-sponsored by the University of Hawaii at Manoa Center for Biographical Research and Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing in affiliation with the conference "Thirty Years After:  Literature and Film of the Vietnam War," UHM, East-West Center, Nov. 8-10, 2005 and "Re-Viewing Vietnam:  Film Representations of the Vietnam War,” Honolulu Academy of Arts, Nov. 1-10, 2005.  For further information, contact Dr. Mark Heberle at 956-3032 or the UHM English Department at 956-3085.

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