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Eastern Illinois UniversityThe KeepVideo and Documents - Opening Reception Opening Reception9-14-2017Event ProgramBooth LibraryFollow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_exhibits_harrypotter20_opening_videoThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Opening Reception at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Video andDocuments - Opening Reception by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact tabruns@eiu.edu.Recommended CitationBooth Library, "Event Program" (2017). Video and Documents - Opening Reception. 7.http://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_exhibits_harrypotter20_opening_video/7Opening ReceptionThursday, Sept. 14, 2017, 7 p.m.West Reading Room, Booth LibraryWelcomeBradley Tolppanen, interim dean of Library ServicesGreetingsDavid Glassman, EIU presidentIntroduction of PerformanceStacey Knight-Davis, head of Library Technology ServicesMusical Performance“An Evening at Hogwarts”Presented by EIU Graduate/Faculty Brass QuintetRemarks Jay Gatrell, EIU provost and VP of Academic AffairsIntroduction of SpeakerSteve Brantley, head of Reference Services Keynote Presentation“The Boy Who Lived: Harry Potter and the Culture of Death”Suzie Asha Park, professor of English“An Evening at Hogwarts”Presented by EIU Graduate/Faculty Brass Quintet“Harry’s Wondrous World”   John Williams   EIU Graduate/Faculty Brass Quintet arr. Adrian Wagner“A Window to the Past”    John Williams   Eric Dawson, trombone Jonathan Bowman, piano“Hogwarts March”    Patrick Doyle   Kevin Miescke, horn Jonathan Bowman, piano“Double Trouble”     John Williams   Ben Bruflat, trumpet Jonathan Bowman, pianoSonata      Daniel Kallman Mvmt. I: Allegro moderato Andrew Cheetham, trumpet Jonathan Bowman, piano“Aunt Marge’s Waltz”    John Williams    EIU Graduate/Faculty Brass Quintet“The Boy Who Lived: Harry Potter and the Culture of Death”Presented by Suzie Asha Park, professor of EnglishTwenty years ago, readers became acquainted with Harry Potter, whose fame rests largely on being “the boy who lived.” J. K. Rowling’s epic series has invited millions of readers to reflect upon what it means to live by considering what it means to die. The condition of mortality is not what Harry needs simply to outrun. In fact, the series appears to be a long meditation on what it means to embrace the condition of mortality. We live in a culture that tends to deny the reality of death at the same time that it luxuriates in ultra-violent imaginings of death. Without the benefit of contemporary Ars Moriendi (or advice on the art of dying), we can nevertheless turn to imaginative works like the Potter series for philosophical reflections on the connectedness of being in the world and leaving it.Dr. Suzie Asha Park is a professor of English at EIU. She earned a Ph.D. in Eng-lish at UC Berkeley and a B.A. in English and in African and Asian Languages and Literature at Duke University. While her undergraduate interests included pre-med studies, English and music, her passion for literature won out in the end. Her areas of teaching and research interest include British Romanticism, the novel, poetry, women writers, sentimental culture, literary theory, information theory and the medical humanities.

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