Life of Ideas, Notions, and Concepts with Guest Éric Méchoulan*
Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, 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 -Life of Ideas, Notions, and Concepts with Guest Éric Méchoulan*
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March 6, 2018 -Humanities Collaboration: Magdalene Laundries*
Life of Ideas, Notions, and Concepts with Guest Éric Méchoulan*
University of Montreal Professor to Give Talk on Friendship On March 6, from 4 to 5:30PM the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, as part of the Life of Ideas series, curated by Frédéric Rondeau, will host scholar Éric Méchoulan. Méchoulan will give a talk titled “On Friendship: A Brief History of the Concept from Aristotle to Facebook.” Éric Méchoulan is […]
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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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