Father Ivo Markovic Guest Lecture
Location
Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 132
Date & Time
May 4, 2017, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Description
Father Ivo Markovic, a Franciscan peace activist, theologian, and musician, will be speaking from Sarajevo live via Skype in Lindsay Johnson’s Music in Wartime class on Thursday, May 4 at 1:00 in PAHB 132. All are welcome to attend.
Markovic will speak about Pontanima, an inter-religious choir based in Sarajevo that he founded in 1996 in the wake of the Balkan war. Pontanima seeks to heal wounds and build relationships through music, bringing together singers and audiences of various faiths and nationalities in the process of reconciliation.
Markovic and Pontanima have won multiple peace prizes for their work, including the Tanenbaum’s prestigious Peacemaker in Action award in 1998, the Common Ground Award in 2004, and a Chirac Foundation Award for the Prevention of Conflict in 2016.
