Resources for Teachers and Students

We are pleased to offer the following online resources to encourage teachers and students to enhance their engagement with the Lowell Humanities Series. We encourage you to adopt our speakers' most recent book as well as shorter essays and contextual material as part of your syllabi. Additionally, the resources below can be paired or used separately to fit a single class or a longer unit. These links allow students to watch a Youtube video, or read a short essay or interview, before or after one of our events. Teachers might also consider using these resources in conjunction with evening reflection activities, or opportunities for reviews/reports during or beyond class-time. For speakers book titles, please see their bios. Articles in academic journals are available to members of the BC community through the library webpage.

Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson

“The Future of Climate, Technology, and Society”
March 29, 2023
7:00 PM | Gasson Hall 100

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Seyla Benhabib

Seyla Benhabib

The Seductions of Sovereignty: A Democratic and Cosmopolitan Critique
January 25, 2023
7:00 PM | Gasson Hall 100

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Francis X. Clooney

Francis X. Clooney

Annual Candlemas Lecture: Francis X. Clooney: On the Edge: Reflections on Being a Catholic Intellectual amid Many Religions
February 8, 2023
7:00 PM | Gasson Hall 100

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Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín

“Writing Thomas Mann: Fact into Fiction”
February 22, 2023
7:00 PM | Gasson Hall, Room 100

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Imani Perry

Imani Perry

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
March 1, 202
7:00 PM | Gasson Hall 100

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Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie

“Defending Democracy? The Political Role of Journalism”

March 15, 2023

7:00 p.m. | Gasson Hall 100

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Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson

“The Future of Climate, Technology, and Society”
March 29, 2023
7:00 PM | Gasson Hall 100

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Dipesh Chakrabarty

 

Dipesh Chakrabarty

“The Planetary Turn in Human History”
April 13, 2023
7:00 p.m. • Gasson 100

 

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