Common Hour Archives
Common Hour Archives
Fall 2007
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Common Hour begins at 12:30 p.m. and concludes at 1:30 p.m.
Friday, September 7
Professor Allen Wells, Karofsky Faculty Encore Lecture, presents “Cuba’s Favorite Pastimes: Baseball and Politics”
Allen Wells came to Bowdoin in 1988 after teaching nine years in North Carolina. His scholarship has focused on modern Mexican history, especially Yucatán, and he offers a range of courses in colonial and modern Latin American history. Each semester the Karofsky Faculty Encore Lecture features a Bowdoin faculty member chosen by members of the senior class honoring him or her as a teacher and role model. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center
Friday, September 21
John Bul Dau, Humanitarian/Survivor, presents “God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan.”
John Dau has experienced journeys in life that most people could never imagine. After civil war erupted in southern Sudan in the mid-1980s, 12-year-old John Dau, along with 27,000 others, fled for refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. These "Lost Boys" trekked thousands of miles across arid desert, and more than half perished along the way. In 2001 relief came, at least for some, when the U.S. government invited 4,000 exiles, Dau among them, to immigrate to America, a journey captured in the film God Grew Tired of Us. Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall
Friday, October 26
Student Perfomances, Parents Weekend
This special Common Hour will feature performances by Bowdoin’s very talented student performing groups. You are sure to be inspired and entertained! Morrell Gymnasium
Friday, November 9
Dr. Mary-Kay Gamel presents "Revising Authenticity in Staging Ancient Mediterranean Drama."
Mary-Kay Gamel, professor of classics, comparative literature, and theater arts at Cowell College, will discuss contemporary productions of ancient Greek drama. Her Bowdoin visit is part of the Department of Classics’ series “Greece: Past into Present.” Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center
Friday, November 30
Student Chamber Ensemble Concert
Please join us for a relaxing afternoon of wonderful music performed by students in the Bowdoin Department of Music. Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Hall
Common Hour Spring 2008
Common Hour's Spring Schedule includes events with Eve Ensler, Christopher Hitchens, Jerry Saltz, the Ying Quartet, Bowdoin’s own Museum Pieces, and more! More information on the Spring semester will be posted soon, save the dates:
Spring 2008 Common Hour Schedule
Friday, January 25- Karofsky Faculty Lecture
Friday, February 8- Black History Month
Friday, February 22- Eve Ensler
Friday, March 28- Christopher Hitchens
Friday, April 11- Jerry Saltz
Friday, April 25- Student Chamber Ensemble Concert
Friday, May 2- Museum Pieces
Friday, May 9- Ying Quartet
Common Hour aims to provide an occasion for faculty, students, and staff to absent themselves from daily concerns, gather in common spaces, and engage in the ideas of speakers and the presentations of artists, and with each other in discussion of shared interests and concerns. The hour will seek to bring into the public Bowdoin forum the best of what happens in our academic departments, student groups, and the wider world: political commentary; discussion of scientific and technological issues; the work of writers, poets and journalists; philosophical ideas; the visual and performing arts; sports; business; and international affairs.
More About Common Hour
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Explore past semesters' Common Hours in the Common Hour Archives
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