Humanities Collaboration: Magdalene Laundries*
Orono High School RM 65A, 14 Goodridge Drive, Orono
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Sunday, March 4, 2018
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Monday, March 5, 2018
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018
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March 6, 2018 -Humanities Collaboration: Magdalene Laundries*
Humanities Collaboration: Magdalene Laundries*
Join the Humanities Collaboration for a lively discussion of the Magdalene Laundries and snacks at Orono High School! The Magdalene Laundries were workhouses in which many Irish women and girls were effectively imprisoned because they were perceived to be a threat to the moral fiber of society. Mandated by the Irish state beginning in the […]
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018
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March 7, 2018 -A Book’s Afterlife: Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice
A Book’s Afterlife: Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice
The lecture is free and open to the public. JAMES M. SMITH is an Associate Professor in the English Department and Irish Studies Program at Boston College. His book, Ireland’s 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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Thursday, March 8, 2018
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Friday, March 9, 2018
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
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