Lecture
Events
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Professor James Smith on “Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice”
Minsky Recital Hall University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States*Still scheduled as planned despite weather forecasts of snow* 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 of […]
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Patricia Wen, former editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight team, on “Investigative Journalism in a ‘Post-truth Age’”
Wells Conference Center University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United StatesPATRICIA WEN is the 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 largely on investigative and long-term projects. She also had spent several years as a reporter on […]
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Patricia Wen, former editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight team, on “Investigative Journalism in a ‘Post-truth Age’”
Public Lecture by Patricia Wen, editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team Patricia Wen is the editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team, the nation’s oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative unit. She took over the six-member team after several decades of working as one of its reporters. Over the years, Wen has specialized in covering social service, […]
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Leigh Gilmore, feminist critic and writer, on “Testimony, Confession, and the #MeToo Movement”
The University of Maine's Stephen E. King Chair Lecture Series presents Leigh Gilmore: "Graphic Witness: Testimony, Confession, and the #MeToo Movement." Leigh Gilmore is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Wellesley College. She is the author of Tainted Witness: Why We Doubt What Women Say About Their Lives (Columbia UP 2017); The […]
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Lisa Klein on her novel “Ophelia: ‘Hamlet’s Girlfriend Gets a Life'”
Neville HallLisa Klein, author of the young adult novel Ophelia, discusses her reinterpretation of Hamlet as a tale told from Ophelia's point of view. Klein will talk about the process of transforming the heroine from Shakespeare's stage to her page, and now to the screen in the forthcoming major motion picture based on her novel and starring Daisy […]
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Rebecca Traister, cultural critic and writer, on her book “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger”
Pre-register at: http://our.umaine.edu/king-chair-lecture-series
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Susan Choi, National Book Award-winner, on her novel “Trust Exercise”
Susan Choi's first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian American Literary Award for fiction. Her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. In 2019, her novel Trust Exercise won the National Book Award for Fiction. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim […]
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Ken Belson, New York Times journalist, on “Investigating the N.F.L.”
Neville HallPublic Lecture by Ken Belson, New York Times Sports and Business Reporter New York Times journalist Ken Belson writes about the business of sports. He reports on the teams and personalities of the N.F.L., including finances, stadiums, medical issues, lawsuits and more. His new book, Every Day is Sunday, chronicles his reporting on how three […]