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Sean McDermott Street in Dublin, Corpus Christi parade with women from the nearby Our Lady of Charity of Refuge Magdalene convent, escorted by the Irish police, 1960's.

Professor James Smith on 鈥淚reland鈥檚 Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice鈥

Archive from March 7, 2018. Presented by James M. Smith, an Associate Professor in the English Department and Irish Studies Program at Boston College. His book聽Irish Magdalen Laundries and the Nation鈥檚聽Architecture of Containment, was praised by Colm T贸ib铆n as essential reading 鈥渇or anyone interested in the fear and cruelty surrounding women鈥檚 sexuality in the Ireland […]

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Patricia Wen, former editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight team, on 鈥淚nvestigative Journalism in a 鈥楶ost-truth Age鈥欌

Archive from April 20, 2018. Patricia Wen of the Boston Globe visited the University of 海角社区 to give a Stephen E. King Chair Lecture Series talk titled:聽鈥淕etting it Right: Investigative Journalism in a 鈥楶ost-Truth鈥 Age鈥 Patricia Wen is the editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team. She took over this six-member investigative unit after several […]

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