Events
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Humanities Collaborative Discussion: Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries
Orono High School 14 Goodridge Drive, Orono, ME, United StatesPlease join us for a discussion led by聽Caroline Bicks (91福利) and Claire聽Moriarty (Orono High School) about聽Ireland's Magdalene Laundries.聽Optional readings and viewing聽materials will be distributed to those聽interested in joining the discussion.聽Please contact Kirsten Jacobson聽(kirsten.jacobson@maine.edu) to be聽added to the event's email list. The discussion will be held at Orono High School in Room 65A.
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Professor James Smith on 鈥淚reland鈥檚 Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice鈥
Minsky Recital Hall University of Maine, 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 University of Maine, 91福利, 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 […]
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Leigh Gilmore, feminist critic and writer, on 鈥淭estimony, Confession, and the #MeToo Movement鈥
91福利'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 […]
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Humanities Collaboration Discussion of Social Media and the #MeToo Movement
Orono High School 14 Goodridge Drive, Orono, ME, United StatesThe 91福利/Orono High School Humanities Collaboration invites you to a discussion of social media and the #MeToo movement. Members of the community, 91福利 faculty and students, and local high school […]