Things to do at Persson Hall
Tuesday, March 19
Nice is Not Enough: Why Culture Kindness Won't Solve Inequality
Tue, Mar 19, 2024 4:15pm
Kindness is having a moment. Signs, t-shirts, coloring books and even political pundits point toward being nice as a way to solve a variety of contemporary social problems. This talk with CJ...
Thursday, March 21
Languages & Identities Beyond Borders
Thu, Mar 21, 2024 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Colonial and imperial ideologies systematically frame racialized populations’ linguistic practices as deficient, scapegoating them as primary causes of educational and broader societal problems....
Tuesday, March 26
New Cold Wars
Tue, Mar 26, 2024 4:30pm to 6pm
Join the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs for a lecture and discussion "New Cold Wars" with David Sanger, New York Times White House and national security correspondent. NOTE: A...
Wednesday, April 3
Whose Jerusalem? Belonging and Unbelonging in the Holy City with Michelle Campos
Wed, Apr 3, 2024 4:30pm to 6pm
A discussion moving between present and Ottoman past on Jerusalem and tracing the exclusionary battles over it today to longer term policies and developments. Michelle Campos Associate Professor...
Tuesday, April 9
Brexit and Borders: The Northern Ireland Protocol
Tue, Apr 9, 2024 4:30pm to 6pm
Join Irish journalist and author Tony Connelly for a lecture and discussion on “Brexit and Borders: The Northern Ireland Protocol" April 9. Connelly is the Europe Editor for RTÉ News and Current...
Friday, April 19
ENST & Oak Awards Ceremony
Fri, Apr 19, 2024 2:30pm to 4pm
Join us in honoring exceptional students and community members that made notable contributions on campus. The Oak Awards are offered to students, staff, faculty, and teams that whose contributions...
0Monday, April 22
Authoritarian Strategies and Prospects: Lessons from Pre-Genocide Rwanda
Mon, Apr 22, 2024 4:30pm to 6pm
PCON invites you to an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Marie-Eve Desrosiers will give a lecture titled, "Authoritarian Strategies and Prospects: Lessons from...
Wednesday, May 1
The Texture of (Un)Remembrance: Immigrant Writing, Translingualism, and the Memory of the Shoah
Wed, May 1, 2024 4:30pm to 6pm
Join Maxim D. Shrayer, bilingual author and professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies at Boston College, for a lecture and discussion, “The Texture of (Un)Remembrance: Immigrant Writing,...