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VIRGINIA HUMANITIES RESEARCH FELLOW TALK
Kim O'Connell---"The Saving Grace of Spring Rolls: A Story of Food, Place,
and Family"
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 from 12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Conference Rooms
Free
Join Virginia Humanities Research Fellow Kim O'Connell, an independent
scholar from Arlington, for a talk on her research using her own story of
mixed-race heritage---half-Caucasian, half-Vietnamese---to explore
Vietnamese immigrants and refugees who came to Virginia in the wake of the
Vietnam War. Her work is for a forthcoming book that shares a title with
this talk. Connecting food and culture, spring rolls are used as a symbol
throughout O'Connell's work to represent determination, heritage, and
healing. She has already found federal publications on government policies
and newspaper stories on refugees' experiences. This subject complements
the Library's current exhibition, *New Virginians: 1619-2019 & Beyond.* For
more information, contact [log in to unmask] or 804.692.3726.
John Deal
Education and Outreach
Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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(804) 692-3725
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