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Boston College is a coeducational university with undergraduate and graduate students hailing from every state and more than 95 countries. Founded in 1863, it is one of the oldest Jesuit, Catholic universities in the United States.

Since its founding in 1957, the Lowell Humanities Series has brought distinguished writers, artists, performers, and scholars to Boston College. Follow the series on Twitter at @BCLowellHS .

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  • German Expressionist Poetry, Identity and Clothing

    Fri, Nov 1, 2002
    As part of *Reclaiming a Lost Generation*, Boston College German Studies professor Rachel Freudenburg delivers this reading of German Expressionist poetry and offers insights into its symbolic imagery.
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  • Meet the Poet: Robin Becker

    Thu, Feb 13, 2003
    Poet Robin Becker discusses her writing.
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  • Covenant Violated, Covenant Restored

    Thu, Apr 3, 2003
    Jon Levenson, the Albert A. List professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School, focuses on the tension between the theological aspects of the flawed members of the Catholic Church and the holy community of people protected by God's promises. He is a specialist in the literary and theological dimensions of the Hebrew Bible. Levenson is the author of nine books, including *Sinai and Zion: An Entry into the Jewish Bible* and *Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence*. Levenson is introduced by Fred Lawrence, director of the Lonergan Workshop, and Ben Birnbaum, editor, *Boston College Magazine*.
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  • Daily Crisis: Developing Value-Based Companies

    Wed, Jun 11, 2003
    Harry M. Kraemer, president and CEO of Baxter International Inc., discusses the crisis of values that CEOs and leaders of companies deal with every day in the workplace, and also offers insight on how companies can develop value-based organizations. Kraemer has been with Baxter for 22 years and was elected CEO in 1999. Kraemer is introduced by Orit Gadiesh, Chairman of Bain & Company.
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  • Boxers and Bluesmen: Revivalists from the Rust Belt

    Tue, Nov 12, 2002
    Boston College English professor Carlo Rotella discusses his book *Good With Their Hands: Boxers, Bluesmen, and Other Characters from the Rust Belt*, an exploration of cultural change in the working-class heart of the northeast and midwest. Visiting women boxers in Erie, bluesmen in Chicago, cops and crime writers in New York, and urban revivalists in Brockton, Rotella uncovers "what has been lost and gained in the long, slow aging-out of the industrial city."
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  • Paul Reville: Tenth Annual Lynch School of Education Symposium Series

    Thu, Oct 22, 2009
    Readiness for college was the theme of the Lynch School of Education's tenth annual symposium. Dean Joseph O'Keefe, SJ, introduces the program. Following the presentation of the school's annual teaching award and introductory remarks by provost Cutberto Garza, Paul Reville, Massachusetts secretary of education, discussed the topic of readiness for college “from the standpoint of educational policy.”
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  • Federica Anichini: Lectura Dantis: Paradiso IV

    Mon, May 11, 2009
    Lectura Dantis, a public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents “Paradiso IV” with Federica Anichini, assistant professor of Italian Language and Literature at Smith College. The discussion of the text is in English; the reading from the Divine Comedy is in Italian. This program is part of an ongoing public reading of the Divine Comedy organized by the Boston College Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Center for Italian Culture in Newton, Massachusetts.
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    Liz McCartney: Lessons Learned from Katrina

    Wed, Oct 21, 2009
    Liz McCartney, co-founder of St. Bernard Project, a not-for-profit organization devoted to rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, discusses some of the lessons she has learned about effective leadership. For her work in New Orleans' St. Bernard Parish, McCartney was recognized as CNN's 2008 “Hero of the Year” and received the 2009 Ignatian Award from the Boston College Alumni Association.
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  • Paul Breines: The Last Lecture Series

    Mon, Apr 6, 2009
    Paul Breines, associate professor of history, discusses the experience of being an atheist, a Jew, and a bisexual as a faculty member at Boston College, a Catholic institution. The lecture is part of the “Last Lecture Series,” in which, a distinguished faculty member addresses the question: “If you had the chance to give the last lecture of your life, what would you say?”
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  • Maxim Shrayer: Yom Kippur in Amsterdam

    Wed, Nov 11, 2009
    Maxim D. Shrayer, professor of Slavic and Eastern Languages and Literatures at Boston College and the winner of a 2007 National Jewish Book Award, discusses his new collection of short stories *Yom Kippur in Amsterdam*.
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