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Hammarskjöld Exhibit to Open at North Park
CHICAGO, IL (January 16, 2006) - The life of "Sweden's J.F.K.," Dag
Hammarskjöld, will be celebrated at North Park University later this
month on what would have been his 100th birthday.
The legacy of the former Secretary General of the United Nations will be
honored with an exhibit January 23-28. The exhibit will be open daily
from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the Carlson Tower Art Gallery. The free
exhibit will feature primarily photographs and videos.
A symposium examining conflict resolution also will be presented from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. January 28 in the Carlson Tower Lobby & Lecture Hall
Auditorium.
Hammarskjöld was Secretary General from 1953 to 1961 and was
posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He died when his small
airplane crashed during a peace-keeping mission to Congo in 1961. He was 56.
"Dag Hammarskjöld worked tirelessly to resolve major conflicts in three
areas of the world: the Korean Peninsula, the Suez Canal, and the civil
war in the Congo," says Charles Peterson, Ph.D., Dean of Academic
Affairs and executive director of the Center for Scandinavian Studies at
North Park. "Today, more than 40 years after his death, conflict
resolution in Korea, the Middle East, and central Africa continues to be
the most significant challenge facing the United Nations and the world."
The symposium will focus on continued reconciliation efforts in those
parts of the world.
The university's centers for Africana, Korean, Middle Eastern, and
Scandinavian Studies are co-sponsoring the event.
Participants will include:
- Markus Bouillon of the International Peace Academy in New York, NY.
The academy is an independent, international institution dedicated to
promoting the prevention and settlement of armed conflicts between and
within states through policy research and development.
- Dr. Wook Kim, Consulate General of Korea in Chicago. He serves
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
- Theodora Ayot, a native of Kenya and associate professor of history
at North Park.
- Moderator Jerome McDonnell, host of "Worldview," Chicago Public
Radio's international news analysis program.
Registration is $20 and includes lunch. For more information and to
register, please call 773-244-5592.
The Center for Scandinavian Studies at North Park University was
established in 1982 to provide education and cultural exchange with
contemporary Scandinavia and to preserve North Park's Scandinavian
heritage. The Center supports research and academic studies in the
language, culture, history, and literature of Scandinavia and
administers and promotes cultural events and exhibits, including student
exchange programs to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; a
Nordic Lecture Series; and the enrollment of full-time Scandinavian
students at North Park.
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