Category Archives: Guest Authors
On the Front Lines with Lara Logan
The Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics will present an evening with Emmy Award-winning journalist Lara Logan on Apr. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. Logan is a correspondent for “60 Minutes” and chief foreign … Continue reading
Dinaw Mengestu
Award-winning writer Dinaw Mengestu, whose works chronicle the African diaspora in America, will speak on “Politics and Aesthetics in Literature,” at Boston College on Apr. 8 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Since the debut of his bestselling novel, The Beautiful Things That Heaven … Continue reading
Positive peer pressure
Pulitzer Prize winner Tina Rosenberg will present “Harnessing Peer Pressure for Behavior Change” on Mar. 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. A veteran journalist, Rosenberg is one of the founders of the Solutions Journalism Network, which is committed … Continue reading
Boston/Cambridge and the Making of American Gothic
Jan Ziolkowski, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin and director of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection at Harvard University, will present “Boston/Cambridge and the Making of American Gothic” on Mar. 26 at 5:30 p.m. in Stokes Hall South, … Continue reading
Historian Ira Berlin
Historian Ira Berlin, a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland, will present “Rethinking the Demise of Slavery in The United States” on Mar. 25 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Berlin is a leading historian of America and … Continue reading
Healing Himalayas
Author Stephen Alter will read from his new memoir, Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan Journeys in Search of the Sacred and the Sublime (Arcade Publishing, 2015), on Mar. 19 at 5:30 p.m. in Stokes Hall, Room 195S. Alter was raised by American missionary … Continue reading
Remembering the Irish Revolution
Irish historian Diarmaid Ferriter will present: “‘Scrambling for the bones of the patriot dead’: Remembering the Irish Revolution, 1913-23” on March 18 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. His publications include The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000, Judging Dev: A Reassessment of … Continue reading
Talk by Father Greg
Father Gregory Boyle, S.J., author of the bestseller Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, will speak at St. Ignatius Church on Mar. 18 at 7 p.m. Fr. Boyle is the founder of the gang-rehabilitation program Homeboy Industries. He will … Continue reading
Dennis Lehane
The Lowell Humanities Series and Gerson Family Lecture Fund present an evening with Boston native and award-winning author Dennis Lehane on March 11 beginning at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Lehane is the author of several international best sellers, three … Continue reading
From the West Wing to the Winston Center
Communication strategist Karen Hughes, worldwide vice chair of Burson-Marsteller, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and former advisor to President George W. Bush, will speak at a Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics event on Feb. … Continue reading
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