Category Archives: Lowell Humanities Series
An Inner History of the New America
The Boston College Lowell Humanities Series will present George Packer, best-selling author of The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), on Mar. 26 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Packer won the National Book … Continue reading
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Life as he knows it
Literary scholar Michael Bérubé will present “Bioethics: Too Important to be Left to Bioethicists” on Mar. 19 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Bérubé is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor and director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at … Continue reading
Tracy Kidder, new date
*This event was originally scheduled for Feb. 5, but had to be postponed due to weather. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder will present “Another Set of Eyes” at Boston College on Mar. 12 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Kidder … Continue reading
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Poetry Days: Tracy K. Smith
In honor of Poetry Days, Boston College will host an appearance by poet Tracy K. Smith on Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Smith’s most recent collection of poetry, Life on Mars, won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and … Continue reading
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Bach, reinvented
Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs Senior Fellow Paul Elie will present “Technician of the Sacred: J.S. Bach” on Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Elie’s book Reinventing Bach tells the story of … Continue reading
The American stage
An expert in the history of American theater, Heather S. Nathans will present “Seeing Ourselves Through Others’ Eyes: Struggling with Stereotypes on the Nineteenth-Century American Stage” on Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Nathans is the … Continue reading
How children succeed
Best-selling author Paul Tough will present “How Children Succeed” on Oct. 9 in Gasson Hall, room 100 at 7 p.m. Tough is the author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, which has been translated … Continue reading
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Tagged children, education, poverty
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Fiction and the biggest question
Author and book critic James Wood will present “Why? Fiction and the Biggest Question” on Sept. 25 in Gasson Hall, room 100 at 7 p.m. Wood is a staff writer and book critic at The New Yorker. His critical essays have … Continue reading
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Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon, author of Telegraph Avenue, will speak at Boston College on Apr. 17 at 7 p.m. in Yawkey Center. Chabon’s earlier works include The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which won … Continue reading
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Past Obsessions
In her forthcoming book Past Obsessions: World War Two in History and Memory, historian Carol Gluck considers examples from Europe, Asia, and North America that help us to understand both how public memory works and the challenge that the present preoccupation … Continue reading
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Tagged history, Japan, Lowell Humanities Series, memory, World War II
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