The Daily OrangeSyracuse Symposium to shed 'light' on human rights issues
By James Schomar
Posted: 9/16/09, 12:13 AM EST Section: Feature
Anthony Gilmore and Ryan Seale teamed up in 2004 to shed light on the estimated 200,000 Korean women forced to become sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.
Brilliant filmmaking combined with heart-wrenching stories makes "Behind Forgotten Eyes" a pristine example of "Light," the theme for this year's Syracuse Symposium.
A film screening of "Behind Forgotten Eyes" is part of The Human Rights Festival, one of the major events in this year's Symposium. The Seventh Annual Human Rights Film Festival, which took place Sept. 10-12, was the first of many events taking place as part of the Syracuse Symposium.
The goal of the semester-long event is "to offer an opportunity to bring students, faculty and the public together organized around major general themes on the Humanities and the arts," symposium organizer Dr. Gregg Lampert said.
The festival is presented by the Humanities Center at the College of Arts and Sciences. The idea is to inspire and exchange ideas, and have intellectual conversation and discussion.
That is where the theme comes from. The reference is to shed light and illuminate "human experiences that are usually left in the dark," Lampert said.
The Symposium will host 15 lectures, three performances and three exhibitions throughout the semester. All of the events reference light either metaphorically, such as "Behind Forgotten Eyes," or literally, like award-winning physicist George Crabtree's presentation of "The Energy of Light".
Featured speakers will include Janna Levin, a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College, photographer and video artist Barry Anderson, award-winning author Edwige Danticat, along with many more. There will also be performances by award-winning poet Lynn Manning, the Society for New Music and The Shen Wei Dance Group, the same group responsible for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
jschomar@syr.edu
Brilliant filmmaking combined with heart-wrenching stories makes "Behind Forgotten Eyes" a pristine example of "Light," the theme for this year's Syracuse Symposium.
A film screening of "Behind Forgotten Eyes" is part of The Human Rights Festival, one of the major events in this year's Symposium. The Seventh Annual Human Rights Film Festival, which took place Sept. 10-12, was the first of many events taking place as part of the Syracuse Symposium.
The goal of the semester-long event is "to offer an opportunity to bring students, faculty and the public together organized around major general themes on the Humanities and the arts," symposium organizer Dr. Gregg Lampert said.
The festival is presented by the Humanities Center at the College of Arts and Sciences. The idea is to inspire and exchange ideas, and have intellectual conversation and discussion.
That is where the theme comes from. The reference is to shed light and illuminate "human experiences that are usually left in the dark," Lampert said.
The Symposium will host 15 lectures, three performances and three exhibitions throughout the semester. All of the events reference light either metaphorically, such as "Behind Forgotten Eyes," or literally, like award-winning physicist George Crabtree's presentation of "The Energy of Light".
Featured speakers will include Janna Levin, a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College, photographer and video artist Barry Anderson, award-winning author Edwige Danticat, along with many more. There will also be performances by award-winning poet Lynn Manning, the Society for New Music and The Shen Wei Dance Group, the same group responsible for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
jschomar@syr.edu
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