Free Lecture Looks at the Making of Public Monuments Nov. 1
Jonsson Academic Center, JO 4.614
Wednesday, Nov. 1
7-8 p.m.
In this lecture entitled, “Making Monuments: Public Memory and Violent Pasts,” researcher, writer and editor Dr. Rebecca Katz Thor addresses what new monuments are expected to do. Examples from across Europe are explored that show the contestations around state-funded commemorations dedicated to difficult heritage, which challenge who and what is commemorated, how historic violence is made visible and how the historical narratives are constructed in public spaces.
More information: Making Monuments: Public Memory and Violent Pasts – Comet Calendar (utdallas.edu)
“Trunk or Treat” Tomorrow Afternoon
Northwest Parking Lot T
Admission: Free
Saturday, Oct. 28
2-4 p.m.
UT Dallas Residential Life hosts its annual “Trunk or Treat,” an opportunity for the UT Dallas and surrounding communities to bring their families for a safe, fun alternative to Halloween Trick or Treating. Lots of candy and fun is to be had—the theme for this year’s Trunk or Treat is Disney Villains!
Conversation/Performance Nov. 2: “Not What It Means, But How It Means”
Jonsson Performance Hall
Admission: Free
Thursday, Nov. 2
7-8:30 p.m.
UT Dallas’s New Poetic Horizons Series presents pianist Logan Skelton, poet John Biguenet, and poet and pianist Rainer Schulte as they engage the audience in a conversation about what it means to read—in the fullest sense—a poem or a musical composition. They will discuss the liberation to be found in learning to ask not just what something means but “how” it means.
More information: New Poetic Horizons Series: “Not What It Means, But How It Means” – Comet Calendar (utdallas.edu)
