Reporter and Author Hedges at UMaine April 3
Contact: Lauren Marshall at (207) 581-3201; Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — Chris Hedges, a former New York Times war correspondent and author of “War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning,” will give a talk on his book at the University of Maine on Tuesday April 3. Hedges’ 4:30 p.m. presentation, which is the 2006 Rezendes Ethics Lecture, is scheduled for Room 100 of UMaine’s Donald P. Corbett Business Building.
Hodges is this year’s UMaine John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics. That program, which UMaine’s Honors College coordinates, is supported by the John M. Rezendes Ethics Initiative and the Cultural Affairs and Distinguished Lecture fund. The April 3 lecture is free and open to the public.
“War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning” is this year’s UMaine Honors Read book, meaning that it was chosen by a tutorial class and that incoming first-year Honors College students read it before beginning classes last fall. UMaine professors Burton Hatlen (English) and Amy Fried (political science) nominated Hedges’ book to be the Honors Read.
Hedges’ controversial memoir describes his experience reporting on conflicts in the Balkan region and makes the claim that the idea of war forms an integral part of the American psyche.