Suffering, Hope, and Art: The Story of Nagasaki – May 9th

About this event

The symposium, “Suffering, Hope, and Art: The Story of Nagasaki,” will take place on Saturday, May 9th. Lectures will be held in the Lunder Center of the Clark Art Institute, with breakfast and lunch provided. A concert will follow in the evening. Both are open to the public; however, the capacity for lectures is limited to 50 people. If interested in attending lectures, please RSVP by emailing director@stkateriinstitute.org or by scanning the code found on publicity flyers around campus. Order of events: 10:00am – Welcome 10:30am – Introduction James Nolan, Washington Gladden 1859 Professor of Sociology 11:00am – The Great Martyrdom of Genna: Reflections of a Nagasaki Artist Ryu Hamaguchi, artist focusing on Japanese martyrs 12:30pm – Lunch (provided) 1:30pm – Nagasaki, Sacred City of Asia: Explorations in Visual & Material Culture Fr. Antoni Ucerler S.J., Associate Professor of History and Director of the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at Boston College The following concert will be held in the Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall at Williams College: 7:30pm – “Bells of Nagasaki”: Music for Contemplation Anli Lin Tong, pianist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician The concert is free and open to the public. No RSVP required.