WLP Scholar Series x Emerson Contemporary: Vietnam and Diasporic Aesthetics

Taking as a point of departure some works of Vietnamese American artistic production, this two-part talk with Writing, Literature and Publishing Assistant Professor Catherine Nguyen and Howie Tam, Assistant Professor of English at Brandeis University, explores different approaches to receiving and encountering artworks, and engages diasporic aesthetics that grapple with the legacy of the Vietnam War and its enduring questions about creation and memory.

Presented in conjunction with the Emerson Contemporary exhibition, One Day We’ll Go Home, and supported in part by the Harvard University Asia Center.