Cultural critic Touré to speak in Feb. 8 OIE event

Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:41 am

Touré, a journalist and commentator whom Newsweek editor Tina Brown described as "a one-man media conglomerate," offers his views on race, identity and 21st-century America at Bates on Feb. 8.

Slide Show: Highlights of 2012 MLK Day observance

Friday, January 20, 2012 1:46 pm

Novelist Senna, cultural critic Touré to offer insights on racial identity in OIE events

Friday, January 20, 2012 12:08 pm

In January and February, the Office of Intercultural Education presents talks on race, identity and 21st-century America by best-selling novelist Danzy Senna (Jan. 25) and author-cultural critic Touré (Feb. 8).

King Day Memorial Worship Service recalls memories, asks for action

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:38 pm

Before reading the Call to Worship at Bates' annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Worship Service, Dean of Students James Reese shared his memories of King's speech during the March on Washington.

Finder of rare Auschwitz photos to speak

Monday, November 7, 2011 8:52 pm

Ann Weiss, who discovered at Auschwitz a cache of photographs from the lives of Jewish victims before they arrived at the death camp, speaks at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, at the Edmund S. Muskie Archives.

Jones '92 to discuss film and teen violence

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 11:51 am

Ozzie Jones '92, a writer and director for stage and film, discusses how film can bring the voices of young people into the discussion about teen violence in an event at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, in the Benjamin Mays Center.

September 2011 images of Bates

Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:13 pm

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President of Spelman College to discuss racial identity development and college communities

Thursday, September 15, 2011 12:01 pm

Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College and author of the book "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" visits Bates to discuss her work in racial identity development and its impact on campus communities at noon Friday, Sept. 16, at the Benjamin Mays Center, 95 Russell St. To learn more, please email rdavis@bates.edu.

Lecture by Nishani Frazier marks Freedom Rides anniversary

Thursday, February 3, 2011 3:03 pm

In observance of Black History Month and the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Freedom Riders protest, a historian from Ohio's Miami University reviews the history, impacts and continuing relevance of this galvanizing episode in the civil rights movement at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in the Benjamin Mays Center at Bates College, 95 Russell St. Sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Education at Bates, Nishani Frazier's talk, titled On the March, is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 207-786-8376.

Leading intellectual of the hip-hop generation to speak

Thursday, January 27, 2011 9:40 am

One of the nation's leading intellectuals of the hip-hop generation, Marc Lamont Hill speaks at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in Pettengill Hall's Keck Classroom (G52), 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).