Elie Wiesel Memorial Lecture: Loung Ung, Author of "First They Killed My Father"
- Starts: 6:30 pm on Monday, November 18, 2019
- Ends: 9:00 pm on Monday, November 18, 2019
American-Cambodian human rights activist Loung Ung will conclude the lecture series on the theme "Writing from a Place of Survival" on Monday, November 18. Ms. Ung survived the “killing fields” of the Khmer Rouge as a child soldier for the Pol Pot regime. Her book, “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers” (2000), was made into a harrowing film, directed by Angelina Jolie (2017).
- Speakers:
- Loung Ung
- Audience:
- public
- Address:
- Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave
- Fees:
- free
- Registration:
- http://www.bu.edu/jewishstudies/
- Contact Organization:
- Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies
- Contact Name:
- Theresa Cooney
- Contact Phone:
- 617-353-8096