Hamilton – Writer Iris Chang will give a reading from her New York Times Bestseller The Rape of Nanking at 51·çÁ÷ on Thursday, April 8 at 4:00 p.m. in Love Auditorium.
The Rape of Nanking is the definitive history of events that took place in December 1937 when the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered. Using interviews with survivors and recently uncovered documents, Chang wrote the story from three perspectives, those of the Japanese Soldiers, the Chinese, and a group of Westerners who created a safety zone that saved almost 300,000.
The reading, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Center for Ethics and World Societies and the Asian studies program. Introduced this fall, the Center for Ethics and World Societies brings internationally renowned scholars, artists, and theologians, novelists to campus and sponsors other events that focus on issues of worldwide importance. The center’s 1998-99 theme ‘Disturbing History: Art out of Atrocity;’ explores issues of genocide and memory.
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