Semester on War and the Representation of War - Fall 2008

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Event Highlights

Books, Libraries, and Modern War December 5, 2008 9:15am- 5:30pm McKeldin Library, Room 6137 Books and libraries have suffered grievously from war in modern times, but wars have also stimulated reading and publishing. Wars destroy libraries but they also fill libraries. In this daylong symposium, scholars from the University of Maryland and elsewhere will consider how books and libraries have fared in wartime in various parts of the world from World War I to the present. Free and open to the public Please register by e-mail: ERICL@umd.edu Download a Flyer

In Bronze and Stone: Images of Memorials to War and Those Who Have Served October 15 - December 15, 2008 Memorial Chapel This photography exhibit by university staff member Cheryl MacLean explores how war and those who have served in war have been memorialized in sculptures and monuments around the nation's capital.