'Weavings of War' Speaker Jill Stein to Appear at USU

Jill Stein, a research associate with the Institute for Learning Innovation in Annapolis, Md., will deliver a free lecture on the Utah State University campus entitled “Threads of Continuity: Memory and Identity in Hmong Story Cloths and Chilean Arpilleras.” The presentation is Tuesday, Nov. 13, at noon in the USU Haight Alumni Center. The lecture is part of the USU Department of English Speakers Series and all are invited.

Stein curated the exhibit “Threads of Resistance” in 2004 at the Mather’s Museum of World Cultures at Indiana University-Bloomington. The exhibit explored the ways in which women have used traditional textile skills to cope with war and violence and increase their political voice and economic status.

 

Stein’s lecture is part of the ongoing programming for the “Weavings of War, Fabrics of Memory” exhibit, an exhibit of traditional global textiles depicting modern warfare. The exhibit will remain on display at the Thatcher-Young museum, 35 West 100 South in Logan, through Nov. 27. For more information, contact Lisa Gabbert at (435) 797-2721.

 

Contact: Lisa Gabbert, lisa.gabbert@usu.edu