Mortenson Center for International Library Programs
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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This interdisciplinary discussion addresses: What does the book “The Third Reich of Dreams” offer to our reader in contemporary times? Amanda Rubin, Brett Ashley Kaplan and guests explore whether dreams as manifestations of the unconscious mind are random thoughts, inspiration, insights, foreshadowing, evidence of waking experience, or something else.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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This workshop introduces students, academics and community members to visual storytelling skills and methods, including storyboarding, mood boarding, and writing scripts, as well as working with and adapting archival materials. Amanda Rubin will lead off by discussing the documentary she making on Charlotte Beradt, author of "The Third Reich of Dreams" (2025).
Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Amanda Rubin, documentary filmmaker and journalist's lecture on The Third Reich of Dreams, shares the incredible untold story of Charlotte Beradt and her legacy of courage as a woman, journalist, and refugee. This hybrid lecture will focus on the power of the irrepressible imagination and the potent symbolism of books, writing and archiving as “witnesses to history".
Sunday, September 21, 2025
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Mortenson Center, in collaboration with the American Welcome Center, and Illinois International- Global Relations will hold a Human Library Event that features immigrants and international students living in Champaign-Urbana as human books. Each “book” will be available to talk to "readers" about a non-US culture. Topics covered include cuisine, languages, location.