Welcome Inland Empire Military Veterans!
Come and join us for a series of campfire-like conversations where we share compelling storytelling and discussion around the topic of experiences of war. The National Endowment for the Humanities is sponsoring this year-long series of “Dialogues on the Experience of War” at three Inland Empire college campuses for veterans to focus and reflect on their military experience. Participants will be military veterans (plus friends and family invited by them) while discussion facilitators are a mix of veterans and civilians.
These are not academic classes for credit or clinical therapy sessions. Public humanities programs such as this one aim to engage participants in deepening their understanding of history, human experience and themselves. These discussions in particular will expose veterans to ancient and modern war narratives and encourage them to interrogate existing narratives about war.
Because veterans account for only 7% of our country’s population and only 2% of Americans are connected to the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts, there is a pressing need to build the capacity for conversation between veterans and civilians so that we may all understand what soldiers experience and the challenges they face coming home from war. We look forward to your participation and to seeing you at a discussion. Please scroll down to find the link to sign up to attend a discussion.
Department of English
University Hall, Room 334
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, CA 92407
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This project, Dialogues on the Experience of War: From Ancient Greece to the Contemporary Middle East, has been made possible in part by a major grant provided by the National Endowment of the Humanities initiative Standing Together: The Humanities and the Experience of War. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations made on this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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FROM ANCIENT GREECE TO THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST
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As of now, we are aware that most of the links on the site are not working properly. We are doing everything to rectify the situation. Thank you for coming to the events and we hope to see you soon!
