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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Stephen E. King Chair Lecture: “Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice”

Minsky Recital Hall ME, United States

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 of the recent past." The […]

Stephen E. King Chair Lecture: “Getting it Right, Investigative Journalism in a ‘Post-Truth’Age”

Well Conference Center, Room 1

Presented by Patricia Wen, the current 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 lately on investigative and long-term projects. She had also previously spent […]

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