Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, UCI Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and Director of the International Center for Writing and Translation, will be the featured speaker at the May 31 opening of the Libraries’ spring exhibition, The War Within: Dissent During Crisis in America. The exhibit will address issues of war and peace, dissent and dialogue, specifically during critical periods of 20th century American history when free speech and civil liberties were threatened. The exhibit opening is co-sponsored by the UCI Office of Student Affairs’ Difficult Dialogues Project, a program aimed at promoting productive dialogue about controversial political, racial, cultural, and religious issues.

For further information on library exhibits and events, please contact Julie Sully at jsully@uci.edu or 949.824.4658.