Northern State University Common Read Lecture featuring Loung Ung

Join us for an inspiring evening as Northern State University welcomes internationally renowned author and advocate Loung Ung as the keynote speaker for the annual Larry and Julie Poeppel Family Common Read Lecture.

📖 Loung Ung is best known for her powerful memoir First They Killed My Father, which chronicles her childhood under the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia and has been adapted into a Netflix film directed by Angelina Jolie. She continues to share her story worldwide as a passionate voice for human rights and peace.

📅 Date: Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025
🕢 Time: 7:30 p.m.
📍 Location: Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theater, Johnson Fine Arts Center, Northern State University

🎟️ Free and open to the public. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from one of today’s most influential authors and advocates.

A Q&A session will follow, providing attendees the opportunity to ask questions and connect with Ung.

Copies of “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers” will be available for purchase for $16.00 plus tax in the NSU Wolf Shoppe, located on the first floor of the Student Center.

For more information, contact Dr. Hannah Walters at aGFubmFoICEgd2FsdGVycyB8IG5vcnRoZXJuICEgZWR1.

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