kingchair Archives - Stephen E. King Chair in Literature

Lisa Klein on her novel “Ophelia: ‘Hamlet’s Girlfriend Gets a Life'”

Lisa Klein, author of the young adult novel Ophelia, discusses her reinterpretation of Hamlet 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 […]

“Will and Grace” writer Adam Barr on “Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant”

Curious about how television gets made? Do you like to write or act? Have you ever watched television? Come join Emmy Award-winning television writer and Executive Producer of Will & Grace Adam Barr as he leads a hands-on workshop on the essentials of creating an original episode of TV. In a fun, three-hour session, you’ll […]

“Will and Grace” writer Adam Barr on “Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant”

Adam 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 The New Adventures […]

Lisa Klein on her novel “Ophelia: ‘Hamlet’s Girlfriend Gets a Life'”

Lisa Klein, author of the young adult novel Ophelia, discusses her reinterpretation of Hamlet as a tale told from Ophelia’s point of view. Klein will talk about the process of transforming the […]

Stephen E. King Chair Lecture: “Made for TV: Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant”

Adam 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 […]

Humanities Collaboration Discussion of “Keeping Hollywood Relevant”

This discussion, led by Adam Barr, writer and producer of hit shows including The New Adventures of Old Christine and Will & Grace, will address topics such as how ideas age and how television […]

“Will and Grace” writer Adam Barr on “Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant”

Curious about how television gets made? Do you like to write or act? Have you ever watched television? Come join Emmy Award-winning television writer and Executive Producer of Will & […]

Leigh Gilmore, feminist critic and writer, on “Testimony, Confession, and the #MeToo Movement”

Leigh Gilmore is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Wellesley College. She is the author of Tainted Witness: Why We Doubt What Women Say 91�� Their Lives (Columbia UP 2017); The Limits of Autobiography: Trauma and Testimony (Cornell UP 2001); Autobiographics: A Feminist Theory of Women’s Self-Representation(Cornell UP 1994); and co-author with […]

From page to stage: a midsummer night's dream

From Page to Stage: “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Post-Show Discussion

Archive from November 12, 2017 Theater professionals Pier Carlo Talenti and Toby Bercovici conducted a post-show discussion after the matinee of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Hauck Auditorium. This post-show discussion was sponsored by the Stephen E. King Chair in Literature.

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 “Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice”

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 book Irish Magdalen Laundries and the Nation’s Architecture of Containment, was praised by Colm Tóibín as essential reading “for anyone interested in the fear and cruelty surrounding women’s sexuality in the Ireland […]

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