Category Archives: Lowell Humanities Series
‘Weathering’
In her book Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society, Arline T. Geronimus coined the term “weathering” to describe the effects of systemic oppression—including racism and classism—on the body. She will be the featured speaker at … Continue reading
Emily Knox on book banning
Emily J.M. Knox, interim dean and professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present “Book Banning in the 21st Century” at Boston College on October 14 at 7 p.m. in Devlin 110. … Continue reading
‘The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution’
Mark Peterson, the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University, will speak on his most recent book, The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History, at Boston College on September 16 at 7 p.m. in … Continue reading
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Margaret Burnham
Renowned legal scholar, civil rights advocate, and former judge Margaret A. Burnham will deliver a talk on her acclaimed book By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners on April 8 at 7 p.m. in Gasson 100. By Hands Now … Continue reading
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From Baltimore to Beirut
Sherene Seikaly, an associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present a talk on her current book project “From Baltimore to Beirut: On the Question of Palestine” at Boston College on March 25. Her book … Continue reading
Politics and governance in the digital era
Rogers Brubaker, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at University of California, Los Angeles and UCLA Foundation Chair, will speak on “Politics and Governance in the Digital Era: Between Populism and Technocracy” at Boston College on March 18 at 7 p.m. in … Continue reading
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‘Fire Weather’
John Vaillant, whose journalism, fiction, and non-fiction explore collisions between human ambition and the natural world, will speak at Boston College on March 11 at 7 p.m. in Gason 100. Vaillant is the author of the acclaimed book Fire Weather: … Continue reading
Fiction Days presents Yiyun Li
Acclaimed writer Yiyun Li will speak on “Techniques and Idiosyncrasies” at Boston College on February 25 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall 100. Her debut novel, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, won a PEN/Hemingway Award, and her short story … Continue reading
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Emilie Townes presents Candlemas Lecture
Theologian Emilie M. Townes, an American Baptist clergywoman, will deliver the annual Candlemas Lecture on February 4 at 7 p.m. in Gasson 100. Townes is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies at Boston University. Previously, … Continue reading
Journalist Caitlin Dickerson on deportation
Caitlin Dickerson, an award-winning writer for The Atlantic, will speak on “Deported: The Price of Our Prosperity” at Boston College on October 29 at 7 p.m in Gasson 100. Dickerson won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, the Livingston … Continue reading
