Category Archives: Lowell Humanities Series
Unaccompanied at the border
Poet Javier Zamora will discuss home, identity, and the immigrant experience—the focus of his acclaimed 2022 memoir Solito (Hogarth)—at Boston College on February 26 in Gasson 100 at 7 p.m. At age nine, Zamora embarked on a nine-week journey from … Continue reading
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Tagged immigrant, memoir, poet, poetry
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Loneliness: A Theological Appraisal
Theologian Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the University of Oxford and Extraordinary Professor of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology at the University of Stellenbosch, will present the Candlemas Lecture “Loneliness: A Theological Appraisal” at Boston College on February … Continue reading
What pandemics teach us
Ed Yong, who was awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for his coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, will present “What Pandemics Teach Us” at Boston College on January 29 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall 100. Yong also … Continue reading
Sy Montgomery: Secrets of the Octopus
Boston College will host a talk by Sy Montgomery, a naturalist and author of more than 30 books for adults and children, on November 20 at Gasson Hall, room 100 at 7 p.m. She will speak about her book, Secrets … Continue reading
Reuben Jonathan Miller on mass incarceration
Reuben Jonathan Miller, an associate professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and a research professor at the American Bar Foundation, will present “Mass Incarceration, Voting Rights, and Citizenship” at Boston College … Continue reading
Poet Camille Dungy
“Poetry Days Presents: An Evening with Camille T. Dungy” will showcase Dungy’s poetry and her ability to cross genres as she did in her latest publication, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden (Simon & Schuster, 2023). Dungy’s talk … Continue reading
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Tagged American Studies program, English Department, environment, nature, poet
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Amy Stanley: Stranger in the Shogun’s City
Amy Stanley, the Wayne V. Jones II Research Professor in History at Northwestern University, will discuss her award-winning book Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World at Boston College on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. in … Continue reading
Understanding Cuba
Historian Ada Ferrer will speak on her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Cuba: An American History, at Boston College on March 13 at 7 p.m. in Gasson 100. Spanning more than 500 years, Ferrer’s book chronicles Cuban history and its complex ties … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba, history, Pulitzer Prize winner, U.S. history
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Listening to Latin America
Writer and radio producer Daniel Alarcón will present “Stories Everywhere: Listening to Latin America” at Boston College on February 28 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall 100. Alarcón’s powerful narrative storytelling—in English and Spanish, fiction and nonfiction, print and audio—chronicles … Continue reading
Joy Harjo: Indigenous Poetry and Native Literature
Award-winning poet, musician, and performer Joy Harjo will present “Indigenous Poetry and Native Literature” at Boston College on February 21 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Harjo was the first Native … Continue reading
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