Last Tuesday, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) brought Dr. Karen M. Fraser, professor of art history at the University of San Francisco, to discuss the photography of Ogawa Kazumasa. His photos are currently viewable as part of the …
Last Monday, September 30, in the Shannon Room of Hubbard Hall, the Eisenhower Forum hosted Dr. Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who delivered a lecture entitled “Nicolas Maduro and the …
On Thursday, Melissa Febos, author and professor in the nonfiction creative writing program at the University of Iowa, joined a packed room of students, faculty and community members to read two excerpts, including one from her new book, “The Dry …
On Wednesday night, Ruth Behar, professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan, spoke in Kresge Auditorium of her experience navigating her exilic Jewish Latina identity.
Behar began by chronicling the history of her lineage as she described the cultural …
Politically-minded members of the Bowdoin and greater Brunswick community braved dark skies and pouring rain on Thursday afternoon to hear Adam Berinsky, a professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, give a talk in Kresge Auditorium on …
On Tuesday, author and journalist Kathryn Graven came to the College to deliver a talk about her new book “Memoirs of a Mask Maker.” The talk came to be when Graven approached Professor of Government and Asian Studies Henry C.W. …
Billed to students as a talk, this year’s iteration of the annual Kenneth V. Santagata lecture—given by transgressive filmmaker John Waters yesterday evening—could be described as more of a stand-up comedy set. During the hour-long show, the crowd in Pickard …
On Wednesday, Seth Jaffe ’00, associate professor of the history of political thought at Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, made his case in Lancaster Lounge for a new definition of populism. His definition requires more collaboration between political theorists …
On Wednesday night, Roux Distinguished Scholar Ayana Elizabeth Johnson hosted a conversation with Maggie Thomas, special assistant to the president for climate, in the Roux Lantern. Thomas and Johnson provided insight on climate politics, factors that drive climate policy change …
On Monday, Kresge Auditorium was illuminated by images of golden religious icons and glowing visages of early African Christians. The occasion was a lecture given by Andrea Achi, the Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art at the Metropolitan Museum of …