Yeats & Irish Romanticism
University College Cork Professor Claire Connolly will present “Counting on the Past: Yeats and Irish Romanticism” on Nov. 11 at 4:30 p.m. in Connolly House, 300 Hammond St. Connolly’s research and teaching interests include Irish writing; the novel in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; romanticism in Ireland, Scotland and Wales; Welsh-Irish cultural exchanges, and Ireland and cultural theory. She is the author of A Cultural History of the Irish Novel, 1790-1829 (Cambridge University Press, 2014). She has been a visiting professor in Irish Studies at Boston College (2002-03). Sponsor: Irish Studies Program
Prayer and imagination
Acclaimed poet Paul Mariani, university professor of English, will present “Prayer and Imagination: Poetry” on Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Stokes S195. Mariani is the author of 16 books, including The Broken Tower: A Life of Hart Crane; Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Life; Timing Devices: Poems; Crossing Cocytus: Poems; Salvage Operations: New and Selected Poems, and Epitaphs for the Journey: New, Selected and Revised Poems. In 2009 he received the John Ciardi Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry. He has lectured and read from his own work across the United States, Canada and Europe. He also served as poetry editor of America from 2000-2006. Sponsors: Center for Ignatian Spirituality and the Jesuit Collaborative.
Nobel Prize winner
Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, will give an address on Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. in Gasson Hall 100. Ebadi was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts in support of democracy and human rights, especially the rights of women and children. She was the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to receive the prize. She is co-author of Iran Awakening: One Woman’s Journey to Reclaim Her Life and Country and author of The Golden Cage: Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny. Sponsors: Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics’ Clough Colloquium and The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy.
Authority and Authoritarianism in Fiction and Politics
What stories are being told in 21st century fiction and politics? What stories are not being told? A panel featuring acclaimed writers will work to answer these questions at a Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy discussion titled “Authority and Authoritarianism in Fiction and Politics.” The event will be held Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. in Devlin Hall 101. The featured writers are: poet Edward Hirsch, a National Book Critics Award winner for Wild Gratitude; English Professor Elizabeth Graver, whose The End of the Point was long-listed for a National Book Award in Fiction; novelist Gish Jen (Mona in the Promised Land, World and Town), and Pulitzer Prize winner (The Orphan Master’s Son) Adam Johnson, a finalist for this year’s National Book Award for fiction (Fortune Smiles: Stories).
Pastoral power
In his new book, School of Theology and Ministry Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling Philip Browning Helsel provides advice to ministers and counselors looking to help those struggling with the stress of being a member of the modern working class. In Pastoral Power Beyond Psychology’s Marginalization: Resisting the Discourses of the Psy-Complex (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), Helsel contends that traditional mental health categories are inadequate when it comes to explaining the stresses of the current economy, including the psychological effects of debt, foreclosure and unemployment.
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Fearless
Former United States Navy Lieutenant Carey Lohrenz, the U.S. Navy’s first female F-14 Tomcat fighter pilot, will present “Lessons in Leadership” on Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. in the Murray Room of Yawkey Center. Her talk is part of the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics’ Chambers Lecture Series, established to bring exceptional leaders to campus to discuss how to remain ethical and driven in a modern society. As an aviation pioneer, Lohrenz learned what fearless leadership means in some of the most demanding and extreme environments imaginable: the cockpit of an F-14 and the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Since leaving the Navy, she’s spoken to business leaders, including Fortune 500 executives, about the fundamentals of real fearlessness and how to put together a successful, high-performing team. Lohrenz is the author of Wall Street Journal best seller, Fearless Leadership (Greenleaf Books, 2014).
On the Battlefield of Merit
J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor of Law Daniel Coquillette is co-author (with Bruce Kimball) of On the Battlefield of Merit: Harvard Law School, The First Century (Harvard University Press, 2015), the first installment in a planned two-volume history of Harvard Law School. On the Battlefield of Merit documents flaws as well as triumphs, offering a candid, critical, definitive account of the legal institution during its first century. The flaws include the law school’s long entanglement with slavery, which began with its founding, in 1817, as well as its attitudes toward women and Catholics. Regardless, the authors point out, Harvard Law School has made lasting contributions to American history and legal education. Read more in BC Law magazine.
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On Thomas Merton
One hundred years after his birth, Thomas Merton is as relevant as ever. During his U.S. visit, Pope Francis cited the Trappist monk as one of four great Americans to emulate. School of Theology and Ministry Associate Professor Colleen M. Griffith will present “Thomas Merton: A Prophet for Our Time” on Oct. 29 at 5:30 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. In her presentation, Griffith will show how Merton’s contemplative vision has become only more prophetic today. Griffith is co-editor of the award-winning book Prophetic Witness: Catholic Women’s Strategies for Reform and Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of Old and New. Registration is requested. Sponsors: School of Theology and Ministry and The Church in the 21st Century Center.
The Bible in Early America
Mark Noll, author of In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492-1783 (Oxford University Press, 2015), will present “The Bible in Early America: Colonies, Empire, Revival, War ” on Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101. His talk will explore the presence of Scripture from the era of Christopher Columbus through the American Revolution. As guidance for the first American colonies, a polemical prop for the expanding British Empire, the source of personal empowerment during periods of revival, and then a much-bandied rhetorical weapon during the struggle for American Independence, the Bible remained ubiquitous in American consciousness. Noll is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame and author of several books, including America’s God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln and Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction. Sponsor: Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life.
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