SAVE THE DATE! Surviving the Long Wars: Virtual Book Launch and Celebration
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 1PM

Join the editors and project directors of Surviving the Long Wars for a virtual book launch celebrating their multi-year curatorial public humanities collaboration. Marking the release of Surviving the Long Wars: Creative Rebellion at the Ends of Empire (Bridge Books, 2024), this conversation explores the radical possibilities and challenges of crafting creative interventions grounded in solidarity and liberation.

Register to attend through Zoom.

MC: Anthony Torres, NEH Veteran Fellow and theater artist

Speakers:

Aaron Hughes, Surviving the Long Wars co-curator and independent artist

Ronak K. Kapadia, Associate Professor and Director of Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration, Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Illinois Chicago

Therese Quinn, Professor and Director, Museum and Exhibition Studies, University of Illinois Chicago

Meranda Roberts, Visiting Professor in Art History, Pomona College

Amber Zora, DEMIL Art Fund Program Manager

Partners:

- Pomona College Benton Art Museum

- Pomona College Art History

- Gender and Women’s Studies Program, University of Illinois Chicago

- DEMIL Art Fund

- Bridge Books

- emerging Veteran Art Movement