February 10, 2025
Marine Corps Veteran and author, Phil Klay, will visit Dickinson College to discuss the involvement of the U.S. military in wars around the globe, especially in Africa and the Middle East.
The lecture, “Citizenship in an Age of Perpetual Conflict,” will take place on Monday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter (ATS) Auditorium, 360 W. Louther St. The event is free and open to the public.
Klay, asks the question how we, as Americans, should think about our responsibility as citizens of a country so deeply involved in global warfare. As a creative writer, he also explores the role of literature in helping us better understand the stakes of the killing done in our name.
Phil Klay is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, author of three books, and a professor of English at Fairfield University. His short story collection “Redeployment” won the 2014 National Book Award for Fiction and the National Book Critics' Circle John Leonard Prize for best debut work in any genre. “Redeployment” was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by The New York Times. His novel “Missionaries” was named one of the Wall Street Journal's best 10 books of 2020 and listed by former President Barack Obama as one of the best books of the year. His nonfiction work won the George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize for Journalism, and Arts & Letters in the category of Cultural & Historical Criticism in 2018. Klay’s most recent essay collection, "Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless War,” was released in May of 2022 with Penguin Press.
The program is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the Mellon Higher Education Grant “Beyond the New Normal” and by the Middle East Studies Program, the departments of women’s gender & sexuality studies, English, military science, and the Women’s & Gender Resource Center. It is part of the Clarke Forum’s annual theme, Alternative Models and Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty Series. For more information, visit www.clarkeforum.org or email clarkeforum@dickinson.edu.
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Further information
- Location: Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium
- Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Cost: $0.00