Two annual events, the Candlemas Lecture and Fiction Days, are among the highlights of spring semester Lowell Humanities Series events, which, as always, feature a slate of notable authors and scholars.
All Lowell Humanities Series events take place at 7 p.m. in Gasson 100 unless otherwise noted.
Jan. 24, Krista Tippett: The Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author, also recipient of a National Humanities Medal, presents 鈥淭he Adventure of Civility.鈥� Her radio show 鈥淥n Being鈥� 鈥� broadcast on more than 360 public radio stations with millions of podcast downloads 鈥� focuses on questions at the center of human life, such as: What does it mean to be human? What matters in life? 鈥淥n Being鈥� is the home of the Civil Conversations Project, an emergent approach to new conversation and relationships across the differences of our age. 听(Co-sponsored with the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics)
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Feb. 8, Candlemas Lecture with Bernard McGinn: 鈥淧oetry, Prose and the Bible in John of the Cross鈥� is the title of the lecture by McGinn, the Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology and of the History of Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School. McGinn鈥檚 focus is on the history of Christianity and Christian thought, primarily in the medieval period. He has written extensively in the areas of the history of apocalyptic thought and of spirituality and mysticism. The lecture will be held in Devlin 101.
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March 1, Laila Lalami: The title of Lalami鈥檚 talk, 鈥淭he Moor鈥檚 Account,鈥� is also the title of her widely acclaimed book, which won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and was on the Man Booker Prize longlist and also a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Moroccan-born and raised Lalami has published essays and opinion pieces in prominent media outlets. She has received several awards and is a creative writing professor at the University of California at Riverside. Her 集美麻豆visit is made possible by the Gerson Family Lecture Fund, established by John A. and Jean N. Gerson, P鈥�14.
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