Evening at Egan Series Returns Sept. 19

Date of Press Release: September 18, 2025

Juneau, Alaska- Join Portland-based Filmmaker Vu Pham for a film screening and discussion of how history, memory, and trauma have shaped his life and art.

The University of Alaska Southeast’s annual fall lecture series, Evening at Egan, kicks off Friday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. In “Sea Rose Ashes: A Filmmaker’s Meditations on Memory, Identity, Trauma, and Violence,” Portland-based filmmaker Vu Pham will screen his forthcoming film-in-progress and engage in a discussion with members of the UAS community.

Pham’s inaugural documentary follows the unexpected, haunting odyssey that took him from Juneau at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to his search for the man who took his mother’s life and, finally, his journey to Vietnam to repatriate her ashes.

“Sea Rose Ashes” is the first of five lectures in the 2025 Evening at Egan series:

• “Sea Rose Ashes: A Filmmaker’s Meditations on Memory, Identity, Trauma, and Violence.”Vu Pham. Friday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Egan Lecture Hall (Egan, room 112).

• “Researching the Mendenhall Outburst Flood: 2025 and Beyond.”Eran Hood and Jason Amundson.Friday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Egan Library.

• “Living on the Edge: The Ecology of Mountain Goats and Avalanches.”Kevin White. Friday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Egan Library.

• “Arctic Ecosystems in a Warming World.”Logan Berner. Friday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Egan Library.

• “WinterFire: Creative Showcase.”Friday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Egan Library.

UAS invites the public to attend free of charge. Join in person on the Juneau Campus or stream the lectures livevia Zoom. 

This series is hosted by the UAS School of Arts and Sciences, with support from the Office of the Chancellor.

For more information about the Evening at Egan series,visit the UAS website.