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 …
On Wednesday, Professor of English at St. John’s University Steven Alvarez presented in the Shannon Room on how he uses tacos as a mechanism for exploring the importance of foodways and literacy in Mexican-American culture and traditions in his popular …
On Tuesday, Russian journalist and LGBTQ+ activist Elena Kostyuchenko visited campus to read a segment of her book, “I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country,” and talked about finding the balance between journalism and activism and her experience with …
On Wednesday, Stanley Druckenmiller ’75 made an appearance in Druckenmiller Hall over Zoom. He was the chief donor to the hall named after his grandfather, Stanley F. Druckenmiller. After his time at Bowdoin, Druckenmiller served as a hedge fund manager …
On Tuesday, Professor of Social Studies Charles Dorn spoke about the purposes and outcomes of public education in the U.S. as the inaugural lecture for the Barry N. Wish endowed chair, which Dorn received in 2022. President Safa Zaki introduced …
Last Wednesday in the Roux Lantern, Pilar Pérez, a professor of history at the National University of Río Negro in Argentina, spoke on the recent reexamination of the 19th-century Argentine genocide of the Indigenous Mapuche people.
On Wednesday, Kim Brandt, a research scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, spoke about her research as she writes a book focused on post-World War II U.S.-Japanese relations. Brandt is also the academic director for the Master of Arts …
The Asian Studies program hosted a panel titled “Asian Americans and Affirmative Action” in Kresge Auditorium on Wednesday. The panel welcomed OiYan Poon, the co-director of the College Admissions Futures Co-Laborative, and Natasha Warikoo, professor in the humanities and social …