On Thursday, Sept. 25, the Mississippi University for Women Gordy Honors College Forum Series features Dr. Beverly Joyce, MUW professor of Art History, speaking on “Stolen Art, Nazi Ideology and the Monuments Men.”
The “monuments men” were a small corps of soldiers whose initial task in World War II to prevent combat damage to buildings and art collections evolved into a search for art treasures stolen and cached by the Nazis.
“Looking at the work of these men and women,” says Joyce, “raises an important question: What is the role of art in society, and to what lengths should we go to protect it?”
Joyce’s presentation will be followed on Oct. 9 by an Honors Forum screening of the feature film “The Monuments Men,” loosely adapted from Robert M. Edsel’s best-selling book “The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History.” Edsel will be the featured speaker at the MUW Welty Gala scheduled for Oct. 24.
Both Honors Forum events are free and open to the public and begin at 6 p.m. in Nissan Auditorium on the MUW campus.
For more information, contact Honors College Interim Director Kim Whitehead at [email protected], 662-241-6850, or visit muw.edu/honors/forum.
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