The 2017 Thomas J. Flatley Irish Studies Lecture Series presents University Research Professor at Dalhousie University Julia M. Wright who will give a talk on “Supporting the Female Right to Literature: Irish Writing on Education & Authorship, 1775-1830.” Her lecture will take place April 6 at 5:00 p.m. in Connolly House. Registration is REQUIRED. Wright is the author of Ireland, India, and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Representing the National Landscape in Irish Romanticism, and the editor of a number of volumes, including Irish Literature, 1750-1900: An Anthology.
Irish Studies Lecture Series: Julia Wright
Getting to zero
The important role social work has played across the globe in fighting the HIV pandemic is captured in the new e-book, Getting to Zero: Global Social Work Responds to HIV. Vincent Lynch, who served as BC School of Social Work’s director of continuing education, is the North America editor for the volume, which is a joint publication of the International Association of Schools of Social Work and UNAIDS. He also authored a chapter on “The social work response in the United States of America to the AIDS epidemic: 1989 to 2016.” In addition, BC School of Social Work Associate Professor Margaret Lombe, alumna Harriet Mabikke, and doctoral student Ngozi Enelamah contributed a chapter titled “Getting to Zero: A conversation on the label OVC and the welfare of children in sub-Saharan Africa.”
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Author/journalist Nicholas Gage
Influential Greek American writer Nicholas Gage will give a talk titled “A Writer’s Odyssey” on Apr. 3 at 6 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 306. His acclaimed memoir, Eleni, describes life in Greece during the civil war and the execution of Gage’s mother in retaliation for helping Gage and his sisters escape their village. His subsequent memoir, A Place for Us, relates the experience of Gage’s family as immigrants in America. An investigative journalist, Gage wrote for both the Wall Street Journal and New York Times, covering the Mafia and political corruption in the Nixon Administration, among other topics. He also was an executive producer of “The Godfather Part III.” Sponsor: Hellenic Society.
Managing for Social Impact
Carroll School of Management Professor Mary Cronin and BC School of Social Work Professor of Macro Practice Tiziana Dearing are editors of Managing for Social Impact (Springer Press, 2017), which debuted as an Amazon #1 New Release in business ethics. Managing for Social Impact presents innovative strategies for sustainable, socially responsible enterprise management from leading thinkers in the fields of corporate citizenship, nonprofit management, social entrepreneurship, impact investing, community-based economic development and urban design. The book’s integration of research and practitioner perspectives with focused best practice examples offers an in-depth, balanced analysis, providing new insights into the social issues that are most relevant to organizational stakeholders. The editors also provide a chapter describing a new strategic framework for enhancing the Return on Social Innovation (ROSI) through four pillars of social change: Open Circles, Focused Purpose Sharing, Mutuality of Success, and a Persistent Change Perspective. Read a Q&A with Dearing in the BC School of Social Work blog.
What’s wrong with me?
Award-winning writer Meghan O’Rourke will speak on “What’s Wrong With Me?: The Mysteries of Chronic Illness” on Mar. 30 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. She is the author of the memoir The Long Goodbye, an account of her mother’s death and the aftermath of grief. O’Rourke has also written the poetry collections Once and Halflife. She is a former editor at The New Yorker, Slate, and The Paris Review, and has published in The New Yorker, New York Times, and The Atlantic. She teaches at Princeton and New York University. O’Rourke’s forthcoming book is about chronic illness and autoimmune disease. Sponsor: Park Street Corporation Speaker Series.
Post-Soviet crime fiction
Alexei Bayer, a Russian-born economist, fiction writer, and translator, will present “Post-Soviet Crime Fiction: A Genre in Search of Identity” on Mar. 29 at 5:30 p.m. in Stokes Hall, South, Room S209. He will discuss the development of the crime novel into a literary genre in the post-Soviet era. Bayer, who earned degrees from Columbia University and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, has worked as an economist, writing on Russian economics, politics, and political economy. Since the early 1990s, he has been writing fiction, including Eurotrash, a collection of story stories, and a series of detective novels set in 1960s Moscow: Murder at the Dacha, Latchkey Murders, and Murder and the Muse. His writing has also been published in Kenyon Review, New England Review, Salamander and other journals. Sponsor: Heinz Bluhm Memorial Lecture Series.
Anne Enright
Fiction Days presents Anne Enright, the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction, on Mar. 29 at 7:00 p.m. in Gasson Hall, Room 100. Enright is an award-winning writer of novels, essays, and short stories. Her novel The Gathering won the Man Booker Prize. The Forgotten Waltz was awarded the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker and The Paris Review, among other publications. Her most recent novel is The Green Road. Sponsors: Lowell Humanities Series and Irish Studies Program. | Boston Globe Q&A
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A love story of social action
The Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics will present a lecture by Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner Odede, an inspiring story of love and social action that has transformed the lives of vulnerable girls and the poor in the slums of Kenya. Kennedy was born and raised in Kibera, Kenya, one of the largest urban slums in Africa. Jessica met him while on semester abroad from Wesleyan University. Together, they have founded Shining Hope for Communities, a nonprofit that centers around a girl’s school and holistic community services focused on health, clean water and sanitation, ending gender based violence and creating economic empowerment. On Mar. 28 at 6 p.m. in Gasson 100, they will discuss their story, which is the told in their book, Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, Hope in an African Slum. Kennedy was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur and is a recipient of a Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award. Jessica won the 2010 Do Something Award and was named “America’s top-world changer 25 and under.”
Questions for Terrible People
BC alumnus Wes Hazard, a noted comedian, poet, and storyteller, has released his first book, Questions For Terrible People (Adams Media, 2016). The humor book features a series of questions designed to elicit fun and revealing responses–perfect for long car rides or parties, according to the author. Named one of “five Boston comedians to watch” by Boston Globe Magazine, Hazard has recently been interviewed by the Boston Globe and WCVB-TV’s Chronicle.
Humans and the planet
Jeffrey Sachs, one of the world’s leading thinkers on economic development, will speak on “Economics and Ethics for the Anthropocene” on Mar. 24 at 4:30 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 008. Sachs is the author of several books, including The Age of Sustainable Development, The Price of Civilization, and The End of Poverty. His syndicated monthly newspaper column appears in more than 100 countries. Sachs was the co-recipient of the 2015 Blue Planet Prize, the leading global prize for environmental leadership. He is a senior UN advisor and served as the director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is currently University Professor at Columbia University, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. Sponsor: Lowell Humanities Series.
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Tagged economics, environment, sustainability
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