Stories about "Humanities and history"
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist to discuss Brown vs. Board of Education decision
Friday, May 14, 2004 10:20 am
Syndicated Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, will give a lecture titled The Light That Failed about the 50-year-old U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown vs. the Board of Education at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, in the Bates College Chapel. The public is invited to attend this special session of the Great Falls Forum, free of charge.
Bates announces speakers, honorary degree recipients for May 31 commencement
Saturday, April 10, 2004 12:41 pm
Four honorary degree recipients will speak at the 138th commencement at Bates College May 31, President Elaine Tuttle Hansen announced today.
Filmmaker screens documentary about Chinese Cultural Revolution
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:33 am
Chinese-born scholar and director Carma Hinton screens her new two-hour film about the Chinese Cultural Revolution, "Morning Sun," at 6 p.m. Monday, March 22, in Room 104 of the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell Street. Sponsored by the Asian studies program and the Freeman Foundation, the film and subsequent discussion led by the filmmaker are open to the public at no charge. For more information, call 207-786-8296.
Scholar and director Carma Hinton screens film about the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Monday, March 15, 2004 8:25 am
Chinese-born scholar and director Carma Hinton screens her new two-hour film about the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Morning Sun, at 6 p.m. Monday, March 22, in Room 104 of the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell Street. Sponsored by the Asian studies program and the Freeman Foundation, the film and subsequent discussion led by the filmmaker are open to the public at no charge. For more information, call 207-786-8296.
Cultural historian discusses rock 'n' roll
Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:23 pm
Glenn C. Altschuler, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions at Cornell University, discusses "The Day the Music Died: The Conspiracy Against Rock 'n' Roll in the Late 1950s" at 4:15 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12, Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall. The public is invited to attend the talk, sponsored by the Department of History and the American cultural studies program, free of charge.
Cultural historian to discuss rock 'n' roll
Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:12 pm
Glenn C. Altschuler, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions at Cornell University, will discuss "The Day the Music Died: The Conspiracy Against Rock 'n Roll in the Late 1950s" at 4:15 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12, Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall. The public is invited to attend the talk, sponsored by the Department of History and the American studies program, free of charge.
Princeton scholar to discuss memory and civil rights in Bates lecture
Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:43 am
Valerie Smith, director of Princeton University's program in African American studies and a member of the Bates College Class of 1975, gives a lecture titled "Memory and the United States Civil Rights Movement" at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Avenue. The public is invited to attend the talk, sponsored by the Multicultural Center, free of charge.
Social scientist examines Haitian revolution at Bates
Tuesday, January 6, 2004 10:36 am
In conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Georges E. Fouron, professor of education at the State University of New York at Stonybrook, will give a talk titled "The Influence of the Haitian Revolution on Revolutionary Movements in the 19th and 20th Centuries and Beyond" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, in the Keck Classroom (G52) of Pettengill Hall.
Former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland discusses veterans' issues
Sunday, October 12, 2003 2:30 pm
Max Cleland, a Vietnam veteran and former U.S. senator from Georgia, discusses veterans' issues and the impact the Bush administration has had on American military veterans in a speech at 5:30 p.m. today in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, Bates College, Campus Avenue.
Lectures explore Russian wilderness, Sichuan art, social impacts of science
Friday, February 14, 2003 2:32 pm
Four lectures in the coming weeks offer provocative, enlightening views on topics ranging from Chinese art to a feminist view of science and values. All four lectures are open to the public at no charge.