30th Anniversary

The Mortenson Center Celebrates 30 Years in 2021!

30th Anniversary Celebration Program – November 8, 2021:

• 10:30-12:00pm CT | 30th Anniversary Forum  |  Recording  |  Anniversary Forum Transcript
  • 10:30am – Welcome
  • 10:40am – Tribute to Mortensons and the Center
  • 10:45am – Past Directors Remarks
  • 10:50am – Transformational Leadership Panel
  • 11:20am – 30 Years and Beyond: Community and Sustainable Development Panel
  • 12:00pm – Celebration and Connections Break
• 12:30-2:00pm CT | 31st Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture – “Engineering Change and the Power of Information: Otherness, Exclusion, Propaganda, Dislocation” featuring Dr. Agnes Kaposi.
  – followed by a conversation moderated by Dr. Valerie J. Matsumoto, Professor & George and Sakaye Aratani Chair on the Japanese American Incarceration, Redress and Community, UCLA
  Postcard Flyer: (JPG: front :: back | PDF)  |  Poster: (11″×17″ PDF high res | low res)  |  Recording  |  Distinguished Lecture Transcript

• • For up-to-date information, visit: https://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/lectures/
  • “Yellow Star-Red Star” Book Giveaway:  CLOSED – Thank you for your interest!
• CO-SPONSORED BY: Department of Asian American Studies  |  Center for Global Studies through support from the US Department of Education’s Title VI NRC Program  |  European Union Center  |  Grainger College of Engineering and the Department of Computer Science  |  Program in Jewish Culture & Society  |  Mortenson Center for International Library Programs  |  School of Information Sciences  |  University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign  |  Women & Gender in Global Perspectives Program

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30th Anniversary Celebration Activities:

• June 18, 2021 | “Library Services to Refugees during the COVID-19 Pandemic” – A World Refugee Day Webinar
  Flyer: JPG, PDF | Recording: <click here>
• September 16, 2021 | “Food Culture from Near and Far: Stories of Identify and Belonging” – A Welcoming Week Online Panel Discussion | Flyer: JPG, PDF | Recording: <click here>
• September 21, 2021 | “Libraries Recovering Better for an Equitable, Sustainable and Peaceful World” – A Libraries for Peace Webinar | Flyer: JPG, PDF | Recording: <click here>
  To celebrate Libraries for Peace Day click here for more information.
• Mortenson Center Alumni Maps: Historical Map & Where are They Now Map
• Acting Together for the Sustainable Development Goals: A Global Library Leadership Forum

 

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Mortenson Alumni (Associates and Leaders) over the years:

Historical map   Where Are They Now map   ADD your profile to the map

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30th Anniversary Information:

• Original 30th Anniversary flyer <JPG>
• To view the highlights and history of the Mortenson Center, visit LibGuides!