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Sean McDermott Street in Dublin, Corpus Christi parade with women from the nearby Our Lady of Charity of Refuge Magdalene convent, escorted by the Irish police, 1960's.

Professor James Smith on ā€œIrelandā€™s Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justiceā€

Archive from March 7, 2018. Presented by James M. Smith, an Associate Professor in the English Department and Irish Studies Program at Boston College. His bookĀ Irish Magdalen Laundries and the Nationā€™sĀ Architecture of Containment, was praised by Colm TĆ³ibĆ­n as essential reading ā€œfor anyone interested in the fear and cruelty surrounding womenā€™s sexuality in the Ireland […]

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Patricia Wen, former editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight team, on ā€œInvestigative Journalism in a ā€˜Post-truth Ageā€™ā€

Archive from April 20, 2018. Patricia Wen of the Boston Globe visited the 91±¬ĮĻ to give a Stephen E. King Chair Lecture Series talk titled:Ā ā€œGetting it Right: Investigative Journalism in a ā€˜Post-Truthā€™ Ageā€ Patricia Wen is the editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team. She took over this six-member investigative unit after several […]

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