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Number of articles: 15
First Article: February 6, 2026
Latest Article: November 13, 2026
On Tuesday evening, students and faculty gathered in Howell House to discuss the relationship between Homer’s “The Odyssey” and Christopher Nolan’s 2026 film adaptation.
The conversation was led by Senior Lecturer in Classics Michael Nerdahl, who attributes the tale’s endurance …
In Kresge Auditorium on the evening of October 7, Professor of History Page Herrlinger presented her inaugural lecture as the sixth Frank A. Munsey Professor of History on Soviet citizens who practiced religion amid the militant atheism of Bolshevik Russia.…
Franklin Leonard, a Hollywood producer, entrepreneur and founder of the Black List, a survey of unproduced film scripts, has been named the College’s first Herman S. Dreer Leadership Fellow. The position honors Herman S. Dreer, Class of 1910, a …
Though the Hunt-Lenox Globe is one of only two known relics of the Age of Discovery to bear this landmark medieval phrase, there are myriad examples of maps on which stretches of sea or far-off edges of civilization are marked …
“And why should we go hunting for a substitute for youthful desires, when youthful desires never fail? A substitute for distractions, when we go on enjoying all the old fooleries to the very last? What need have we of repose …
“You and I ought not to die before we have explained ourselves to each other.”
By the time John Adams penned this line to Thomas Jefferson in 1813, the two men had been at odds for over a decade following …
“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
If you share my penchant for period dramas, these lines from …
In Edinburgh, only a short walk from Waverly Station, lies the Scotsman Picturehouse. The Art Deco boutique cinema seats 48 in red leather armchairs, and it was here, 3,000 miles away from Brunswick, that Bowdoin appeared onscreen.
Oliver Hermanus’ film …
Stillpoint, held in the Chapel every Tuesday at 9:00 p.m., offers students, faculty, staff and community members 30 minutes to pause. Though the retreat appears on Bowdoin’s events calendar and has roots in the Rachel Lord Center for Spiritual and …
