The work of acclaimed novelists, journalists, poets, scientists, and others will be showcased on campus this fall via the Boston College Lowell Humanities Series, now led by History Professor and Interim Director Sylvia Sellers-García, who has taken the reins from longtime series director James Smith, an associate professor English and Irish Studies.
“I’m truly honored to be directing this year because I believe so strongly in bringing the humanities to a broad audience,” said Sellers-García. “The ideas that emerge from scholars in the humanities are the ideas the move our world, and yet once they’re part of the public discourse they’re not always traced back to the thinkers and artists who launched them. I love how this series brings these people directly to BC and the public, so that we can learn from and be inspired by them.”
Sellers-García, who expressed excitement about the LHS guests, said that while she assisted, “Jim Smith deserves the credit for this amazing lineup. Our speakers have a strong global dimension and lean heavily on issues of social justice.”
Speakers will address questions of racial justice, inequality, and activism, among other topics.
The events—co-sponsored by a number of University departments, programs, and initiatives—will begin 7 p.m. and take place in Gasson 100, with the exception of the first event on September 13, which will be held at Robsham Theater Arts Center.