{"id":935,"date":"2025-04-21T10:34:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/institute-for-the-humanities-unveils-angkorian-homecoming\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T10:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:34:52","slug":"institute-for-the-humanities-unveils-angkorian-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/institute-for-the-humanities-unveils-angkorian-homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute for the Humanities unveils \u2018Angkorian Homecoming\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The University of Michigan\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/humanities\"> Institute for the Humanities<\/a> opened their new exhibit \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/130113\">Angkorian Homecoming<\/a>\u201d March 20, exploring Cambodian and Vietnamese experiences of immigration, assimilation and settling in the United States. Through her art, Cambodian refugee and artist Phung Huynh reflects on her experiences as an immigrant through prints and drawings.<\/p>\n<p>The prints and drawings lie on pink donut boxes, a reflection of the fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/story\/2022\/03\/18\/david-brancaccio-on-the-donut-king\">80%<\/a> of donut shops in California are owned by Cambodian immigrants. The drawings are recreations of portrait photos sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/what-we-do\/build-better-futures\/solutions\/complementary-pathways\/private-sponsorship-pathways\">sponsors<\/a>, Americans who finance refugees to come to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>LSA senior Lucian Van Fleet, an intern for the<a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/humanities\/undergrad-students\/public-humanities-internship-program.html\"> Public Humanities Internship Program<\/a>, helped organize events associated with the exhibition, including a<a href=\"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/130149\"> Cambodian dance workshop<\/a>. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Van Fleet said while the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ushmm.org\/genocide-prevention\/countries\/cambodia\/cambodia-1975\"> Cambodian genocide<\/a> from 1975 to 1979 had a significant impact on immigrants and was honored in the exhibit, the events were hosted to highlight Cambodia\u2019s culture and society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was less about the genocide, although that certainly had an impact,\u201d Van Fleet said. \u201cDespite this giant stain on the history of Cambodia, we can still celebrate its culture and not feel guilty about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Van Fleet also discussed other events, especially \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/130156\">DJ and Donuts Dance Party<\/a>.\u201d The event, attended by dozens of people, celebrated Huynh and the artwork with donuts, refreshments and a night of dancing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had people dancing for the full two hours,\u201d Van Fleet said. \u201cIt was beautiful, wonderful then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Krugliak, arts curator and assistant director of arts programming for the Institute, collaborated with Huynh, students and other curators to put together the exhibition. Krugliak told The Daily what it was like collaborating with the institute and said the exhibit was an important reminder of the United States\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/macmillan.yale.edu\/gsp\/us-involvement-cambodian-war-and-genocide-0\"> involvement<\/a> in the genocide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the 50th anniversary of that genocide,\u201d Krugliak said. \u201cIt\u2019s not taught very much in the United States, in part because of the United States\u2019 role in so many things that were happening in Asia at the time. (The exhibit) reminds you of what we\u2019re taught, the stories that are told at different points of time depending on the administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Huynh\u2019s personal experiences as an immigrant and artist are centered within the exhibit. Krugliak said she valued the experience of collaborating with Huynh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s incredibly generous and worked with students and (was) very trusting of me as a curator,\u201d Krugliak said. \u201cIt felt rich in a collaborative way to work with this particular artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LSA sophomore Luke Dindo, exhibit attendee, told The Daily she appreciated how each piece in the exhibit had a story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe murals and exhibits, like statues, are not just there for eye pleasure,\u201d Dindo said. \u201cThey have rich histories and stories to tell behind these photos of people, and we should get to know more about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Krugliak said it is important to tell these stories alongside the changing political climate today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be in a moment where we\u2019re having questions about people being deported or arrested, it felt like it was exactly a show to remind us of what the American story is,\u201d Krugliak said. \u201cThe American story is all of our stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-3    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><em>Daily Staff Reporter Meghan Dwan can be reached at mkdwan@umich.edu.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related articles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Michigan\u2019s Institute for the Humanities opened their new exhibit \u201cAngkorian Homecoming\u201d March 20, exploring Cambodian and Vietnamese experiences of immigration, assimilation and settling in the United States. Through her art, Cambodian refugee and artist Phung Huynh reflects on her experiences as an immigrant through prints and drawings. 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