Public Lecture
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Professor James Smith on 鈥淚reland鈥檚 Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice鈥
Minsky Recital Hall 91爆料, Orono, ME, United States*Still scheduled as planned despite weather forecasts of snow* JAMES M.聽SMITH聽is an Associate Professor in the English Department and Irish聽Studies Program at Boston College. His book,聽Ireland鈥檚 Magdalen Laundries聽and the Nation鈥檚 Architecture of Containment, was praised聽by Colm T贸ib铆n as essential reading 鈥渇or anyone interested in the fear and cruelty surrounding women鈥檚 sexuality in the Ireland of […]
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Patricia Wen, former editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight team, on 鈥淚nvestigative Journalism in a 鈥楶ost-truth Age鈥欌
Wells Conference Center 91爆料, Orono, Maine, United StatesPATRICIA WEN聽is the editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team.She took over this six-member investigative unit after several decades as a reporter at the Globe, with a special emphasis on social service, legal and medical issues. Her work focused largely on investigative and long-term projects. She also had spent several years as a reporter on […]
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Patricia Wen, former editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight team, on 鈥淚nvestigative Journalism in a 鈥楶ost-truth Age鈥欌
Public Lecture by聽Patricia Wen, editor of the Boston聽Globe Spotlight Team Patricia Wen is the editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team, the nation鈥檚 oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative unit. She took over the six-member team after several decades of working as one of its reporters. Over the years, Wen has specialized in covering social service, […]
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Leigh Gilmore, feminist critic and writer, on 鈥淭estimony, Confession, and the #MeToo Movement鈥
The 91爆料's Stephen E. King Chair Lecture Series presents Leigh Gilmore: "Graphic Witness: Testimony, Confession, and the #MeToo Movement." Leigh Gilmore is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies at Wellesley College. She is the author of Tainted Witness: Why We Doubt What Women Say About Their Lives (Columbia UP 2017); The […]
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Stephen E. King Chair Lecture: “Made for TV: Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant”
Wells Conference Center 91爆料, Orono, Maine, United StatesAdam Barr is a writer and producer of film and television in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Lewiston, Maine, where he attended Lewiston High School, then went on to study American History & Literature at Harvard University. For nearly 30 years, he has written for a number of shows, including聽The New Adventures […]
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Lisa Klein on her novel “Ophelia: ‘Hamlet鈥檚 Girlfriend Gets a Life'”
Neville HallLisa Klein, author of the young adult novel Ophelia, discusses her reinterpretation of聽Hamlet聽as a tale told from Ophelia's point of view. Klein will talk about the process of transforming the heroine from Shakespeare's stage to her page, and now to the screen in the forthcoming major motion picture based on her novel and starring Daisy […]
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Rebecca Traister, cultural critic and writer, on her book “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women鈥檚 Anger”
Pre-register at:聽http://our.umaine.edu/king-chair-lecture-series
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Susan Choi, National Book Award-winner, on her novel “Trust Exercise”
Susan Choi's first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian American Literary Award for fiction. Her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. In 2019, her novel Trust Exercise won the National Book Award for Fiction. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim […]
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Ken Belson, New York Times journalist, on 鈥淚nvestigating the N.F.L.鈥
Neville HallPublic Lecture by Ken Belson, New York Times Sports and Business Reporter New York Times journalist Ken Belson writes about the business of sports. He reports on the teams and personalities of the N.F.L., including finances, stadiums, medical issues, lawsuits and more. His new book, Every Day is Sunday, chronicles his reporting on how three […]