Local Events of Interest

 

World Affairs Council of Central Illinois (WACCI)

Dalia Mogahed, "Who Speaks for the Muslim World", sponsored by the Gallup Polling Foundation

    Tuesday, January 27 at 7:30 pm
    Free and open to the public.
    Brookens Auditorium, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL
Hear about the Muslim World and the attitudes of Muslims worldwide.
Upcoming programs
February 17, 2009
Kellee Tsai, Johns Hopkins University, "China: Capitalism Without Democracy?"
April 27, 2009
Valentine Moghadam, Purdue University, "Violence Against Women".

Illinois State Museum - All of Us Are Related, Each of Us Is Unique

    Until Jan. 11, 2009 - 8:30am-5pm
    Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

This exhibition, based on genetics research and scientific evidence on human migrations and adaptations, shows how erroneous conventional wisdom has been with respect to the deeply ingrained concept of discrete “races.” This English-language version of the exhibition was translated and produced by Syracuse University. The original, French-language version was produced by the Department of Genetic Anthropology in Geneva, Switzerland and is on permanent display at the Musée de l’Homme in Paris.
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Phone: 782-7386
Web: http://www.museum.state.il.us
 

Illinois State Museum - Across the Divide: Reconsidering the Other

    Until Jan. 11, 2009 - 8:30am-5pm
    Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

Part of a community-wide commemoration of the Springfield Race Riots.

The Illinois State Museum debuts the contemporary art exhibition: Across the Divide: Reconsidering the Other, a component of community-wide collaborative efforts to raise consciousness at the centennial mark of the Springfield Race Riots. (August 17, 2008 – January 11, 2009). Through the work of 15 leading contemporary artists the exhibition not only pays tribute to the victims of the 1908 Race Riots, but also focuses on where we stand today on the issues of racial, ethnic, geo-political and religious divides.

Race Riot Walking Tour Marker Number 7 stands some 40 feet from the entrance to the Illinois State Museum, at the corner of Spring and Edwards. The plaque tells the story of the final fatality of the 1908 Race Riots where William Donnegan, a much beloved 76 year-old African American shoe maker, was dragged from his home across the street and brutally murdered on the very grounds where the Museum stands today. Renowned installation artist Jin Soo Kim will produce a memorial banner as witness to this event, and as a sobering reminder that Mr. Donnegan died as a result of racial hatred.

While Kim’s work looks back at 1908, most of the other art works in Across the Divide explore the difficult and challenging topics of race, ethnicity, and religious tolerance, in an effort to further the conversation on not just where we have been, but where we are now in dealing with these divisive issues. The diverse roster of artists in the exhibition present first voice snapshots of these contentious issues, promoting a dialog with the viewer on where he or she stands in relation to the artists point of view.

Photo credit - Jin Soo Kim "What Why,"_2008 Drawing for outdoor memorial to William Donigan.

Want more information?
Phone: 782-7386
Web: http://www.museum.state.il.us

Past Events Sponsored by CNWN

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