Fall ECCE Series Continues with October Program

The University of Illinois Springfield will continue its Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (ECCE) Speaker Series this fall with a presentation by artist, curator, and anti-war veteran Aaron Hughes on Tuesday, Oct. 22.

The event, titled “A Radical Turn: Artist, Curator and Anti-War Veteran Aaron Hughes on Creative Resistance,” will begin at 6 p.m. in Brookens Auditorium. Hughes will share images and stories from his projects, many of which draw on his own military service and activism. His work incorporates printmaking, installation, and collaboration to honor the legacy of anti-war veteran movements while imagining new paths toward justice and healing.

In addition to his talk, an exhibition of Hughes’ artwork will be on display in the UIS Visual Arts Gallery from Oct. 13 through Nov. 20.

Two additional ECCE events will follow later in the semester:

• “Learning Indigenous Truthtelling of Boarding Schools” – Nov. 5, 6 p.m. in Brookens Auditorium. Farina King, a citizen of the Navajo Nation and professor of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, will highlight research uncovering the layered histories of Native American boarding schools.

• “Water-Energy Sustainability Across Scales: Systems, Society, Self” – Nov. 19, 6 p.m. in Brookens Auditorium. Ashlynn S. Stillwell, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will discuss her work on sustainable water and energy systems.

All ECCE Speaker Series events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit uis.edu/speaker-series.