Stories about "Charles Nero"
Shankar Vedantam offers fireside chat on dialogue across differences
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 12:27 pm
Shankar Vedantam, journalist, author, and host of the Hidden Brain podcast, spoke about how people can communicate across differences during a Bates Open Network Dialogue event.
Professors, inspired by a Bates play, offer lessons in American redlining and racism
Friday, October 29, 2021 10:47 am
Bates professors offer a range of perspectives on racial justice, reparations, and housing inequity during a discussion inspired by the Bates production of the play The Luck of the Irish.
Charles Nero: This Spike Lee film is an ‘awesome takedown’ of the interracial buddy film genre
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4:41 pm
Interracial buddy films like 48 Hrs. or Men in Black tell us that eradicating evil, including racism, is as "simple as black and white men becoming friends,” says Charles Nero, Benjamin E. Mays Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies. That’s not only simplistic but “a lie.” Here's why.
The rhetoric of a Bates Convocation reminds us why we’re here
Friday, September 4, 2020 11:59 am
After a summer where the endless rounds of pandemic planning and announcements seemed to define the college enterprise, Opening Convocation offered welcome reminders of what we’re all about.
What emancipation meant to Benjamin Mays, and what it means now
Friday, June 14, 2019 9:21 am
At a Reunion seminar, rhetoric professor Charles Nero explains how Benjamin Mays used religion, gender, and citizenship to reject white supremacy and claim emancipation.
What I Mean When I Say: Charles Nero and ‘Camp’
Thursday, October 25, 2018 1:36 pm
Think Judy Garland, Meet Me In St. Louis, and, maybe, gentrification.
Innovative techniques — and a faculty couple — mark film about family by Saddlemire ’05
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 3:12 pm
Employing his technique of "community-based cinema," Saddlemire follows four Lewiston families, including that of professors Charles Nero and Baltasar Fra-Molinero.
As nation ponders rich-poor divide, King Day observances to explore debt and inequality
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:51 am
Spotlighting a less-known aspect of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work, King Day at Bates will explore issues of economic justice.
Amandla! presents seventh annual Black Campus Conference
Friday, March 14, 2008 10:39 am
Amandla!, the African American student organization at Bates College, presents its seventh annual Black Campus Conference on Saturday, March 15. Members of the public are invited to attend at no charge.
Bates presents acclaimed multimedia piece by DJ Spooky
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:39 pm
Paul D. Miller, the musician, essayist and media artist also known as DJ Spooky, presents a live performance of his internationally renowned multimedia project "Rebirth of a Nation" at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Lewiston Middle School, 75 Central Ave.