Bill Allison, a professor of history at Georgia Southern University, will speak on “Contested Memories: The Vietnam War Fifty Years On” Tuesday, Sept 27, 4-5:15 p.m. in room 201 (Sky Bank Room) in the Bowen Thompson Student Union on the BGSU campus.
Free public talk is part of the Gary R. Hess Lecture in Policy History series.
As the 50th anniversary of the end of the American War in Vietnam approaches, contested narratives persist.
Allison, who received his doctorate from BGSU in 1995, examines how the war remains unsettled, if not divisive. From Ken Burns and Lynn Novik’s “The Vietnam War” to veterans and remembrance to allegations involving comfort women in Vietnam, the Vietnam
War’s memory and legacy is international as it is personal, yet its study is more interdisciplinary and richer than ever.
Sponsored by the BGSU Department of History, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Political Science, and the Asian Studies Program.
The Hess series presents an annual distinguished lecture. It was initiated by Dr. Hess’s former students to honor his 45 years of teaching, scholarship, and service to BGSU.
