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. .  Since
the founding of Harvard College in 1636, 16 years after the arrival of
the first Pilgrims at Plymouth, Boston has been a hub of scholarship,
education,
and the life of the mind. 100 years ago the intellectually curious
Bostonian
could have witnessed public addresses by William James, Theodore
Roosevelt,
W. E. B. DuBois, Jane Addams, or Charles and Mary Beard. Indeed,
little has changed. Today one can hear talks by any number of
scholars
and public figures— ranging from Clifford Geertz, bell hooks, John
Lukacs,
Bill Clinton, or John Milbank—at the dozens of colleges, universities,
libraries, and other venues in the area. Every day there are
wonderful
opportunities to attend public lectures in the Boston area. Many
of these lectures are free, delivered by the most renown thinkers and
leaders
of our day. The events listed below are a sampling of some of the
hundreds presented in the Boston vicinity in 2006-07. ENC history
majors are strongly encouraged to attend some of these provocative and
enriching lectures and public forums.
FALL 2006 CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN THE BOSTON AREA Mon, Oct 2, 7:00 p.m., Martha Hodes Discussion & Signing of The Sea Captain's Wife. COOP Book Store, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Please call (617) 499-2000 for more information. Tue, Oct 3, 4:00 p.m., Peniel Joseph and SUNY Stony Brook discuss Trinidad: The Black Power Movement and American History. Boston University, African American Studies Seminar Room, 138 Mountfort Street. Admission: FREE. Please call (617) 353-2795 for more information, ask for Chris Loken-kim. Wed, Oct 4, 7:00 p.m., Theda Skocpol, Marshall Ganz and Ariane Liazos explore racial integration in their book What a Mighty Power We Can Be. COOP Book Store, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Please call (617) 499-2000 for more information. Tue, Oct 10, 7:00 p.m., Rogers and Chaney will discuss their books: The Boston Strangler And Lizzie Borden. COOP Book Store, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Please call (617) 499-2000 for more information. Tue, Oct 10, 7:00 p.m., Rogers and Chaney will discuss their books: The Boston Strangler And Lizzie Borden. COOP Book Store, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Please call (617) 499-2000 for more information. Wed, Oct 11, 6:00 p.m., "The Two Lives of John Quincy Adams" Lecture presented by multiple Pulitzer-Prize Winner David H. Donald. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston. Please call (617) 536-1608 for more information. Thurs, Oct 12, 12:00 p.m., Leonard Barkan will discuss his book Satyr Square: A Year, A Life in Rome. Boston Athenæum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston. Reservations are required. Please call the Athenæum’s reservation line, (617) 720-7600. Fri, Oct 13, 6:30 p.m., Charles C. Mann will discuss his new book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. No tickets are required unless otherwise noted. Tickets for events requiring them are available at Harvard Book Store. Please call (617) 661-1515 for more information. Fri, Oct 20, 3:00 p.m., Professor Owen Gingerich will discuss his book God’s Universe. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. No tickets are required unless otherwise noted. Tickets for events requiring them are available at Harvard Book Store. Please call (617) 661-1515 for more information. Mon, Oct 23, 5:30 p.m., Rev. Richard Cizik, retired Senator John Danforth, and Rev. Barry Lynn will discuss “The Role of Religion in Politics.” The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston. Click here for registration (required). Please call (617) 514-1600 for more information. Wed, Oct 25, 7:30 p.m., Barbara Diefendorf discusses her book Blood Wedding: The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in History and Memory. Boston University, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue. Admission: FREE. Please call (617) 353-2230 for more information. Thurs, Oct 26, 5:30 p.m., Stacy Mitchell will discuss her new book Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge. No tickets are required unless otherwise noted. Tickets for events requiring them are available at Harvard Book Store. Please call (617) 661-1515 for more information. Fri, Oct 27, 3:00 p.m., Professor Alan Wolfe will discuss his book Does American Democracy Still Work? Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. No tickets are required unless otherwise noted. Tickets for events requiring them are available at Harvard Book Store. Please call (617) 661-1515 for more information. Mon, Oct 30, 5:30 p.m., Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol and Center of American Progress President/CEO John Podesta in the Progressive/Conservative Debate. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston. Click here for registration (required). Please call (617) 514-1600 for more information. Tue, Oct 31, 4:00 p.m., ENC History Department presents the Jeremy Black "The Politics of James Bond." Eastern Nazarene College, Munro Parlor, Quincy. Click here for more information. Wed, Nov 1, 4:30 p.m., “The Future of Catholic Parish Ministry,” with Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, Diocese of Tucson. Boston College, Higgins 300. Event sponsored by The Church in the 21st Century Center. For more information, please call (617) 552-0470. Thurs, Nov 2, 5:30 p.m., Celebrate Día de los Muertos: Day of the Dead with the Peabody Museum and the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge. Limited Seating! Please call (617) 496-1027 for more information. Fri-Sat, Nov 3-4, "Power and Protest: The Civil Rights Movement in Boston, 1960-1968." The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston. This even is co-sponsored by The Massachusetts Historical Society. Click here for registration (required). Please call (617) 427-0997 for more information. Mon, Nov 6, 6:00 p.m., David Cannadine will discuss and sign copies of his book Andrew W. Mellon: An American Life. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston. Please call (617) 536-1608 for more information. Wed, Nov 8, 7:00 p.m., Best Selling Author Evan Thomas Discussion & Signing of Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945. COOP Book Store, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Please call (617) 499-2000 for more information. Thurs, Nov 9, 7:30 p.m., Diane Apostolos Capadonna discusses “The Magdalene in Art and Theology.” Boston College, The Weston Library, Sherrill Hall, Room 3A, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge. Sponsored by the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. For more information, please call (617) 492-1960. Sat, Nov 11, Grand Opening, “Dissent!” Focusing on the Subversive History of Printmaking. Harvard University Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138. Exhibition open to public through Feb 25, 2007. For more information, please call (617) 495-9400. Tues, Nov 14, 6:00 p.m., William Orville Thomson Lecture: “The Choicest Collection of Books in the United States.” Boston Athenæum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston. Reservations are required. Please call the reservation line: (617) 720-7600. Wed, Nov 15, 6:00 p.m., Helen Deese Lecture/Booksigning: "Boston's Pepys: Caroline Healey Dall and Her Journals." Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston. Please call (617) 536-1608 for more information. Fri, Nov 17, 9:00 a.m., Annual Ministry Renewal Day: "A Common Calling: Laity and the Church Governance" with Lynn Jarrell and Michael Himes. Boston College, Gasson 100. Event sponsored by The Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry and The Church in the 21st Century Center. For more information, please call (617) 552-8057. Mon, Nov 27, 5:30 p.m., “A Tribute to A Famous Historian, Arthur Schlesinger” featuring Alan Brinkley, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Sean Wilentz. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston. Click here for registration (required). Please call (617) 514-1600 for more information. Tue, Nov 28, 5:30 p.m., Workshop: "Ignatian Spirituality @ Work" with Dr. Tim Muldoon. Boston College, The Boston College Club. Event sponsored by The Boston College Alumni Association and The Church in the 21st Century Center. For more information, please call (617) 552-1171. Wed, Nov 29, 6:00 p.m., David Brion Davis will discuss and sign copies of his book Why I've Sought to `De-Localize' America's Central Historical Problem. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston. Please call (617) 536-1608 for more information. Thurs, Nov 30, 7:00 p.m., Lecture/Discussion with
Michael Himes.
Boston College, McGuinn Hall 121. Event sponsored by Lonergan
Workshop
and The Church in the 21st Century Center. For more information, please
call (617) 552-8095.
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