Armistice Day Events

International Film Festival: Frantz (France & Germany, 2016)
Director: François Ozon, 113 minutes
Friday, November 2, 234 Neils Science Center, 7 pm

A drama in which a French veteran visits the hometown of a German soldier he killed in World War I. Brief Introduction by Prof. Tim Malchow.

 

Panel: German and American Experiences of World War I
Tuesday, November 6, German House, 7 pm

Professor Katrin Fuchs (German), Mr. Asa Kerr (Porter County Museum), and Professor Kevin Ostoyich (History) present, as part of the 100th anniversary commemoration of the end of World War I.

 

Lecture: The French in the Great War: Ordinary Heroes in Myth & Memory
Thursday, November 8, Christopher Center 205, 7 pm

Dr. Charles Rearick, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, will offer a lecture on his research into representations of the Great War in French popular culture.