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Literature & Film in Lockdown – Camus, “The Plague”
Albert Camus’s novel "The Plague" (La peste), published in 1947, tells the story of a group of characters living through an outbreak of contagious disease in the 1940s, in the...
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Literature & Film in Lockdown – Hitchcock, “Rear Window” (film)
Although Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rear Window" (1954) does not take place in the context of a plague, it is a film about being in lockdown. Its preoccupations may be subtly shaped by...
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Literature & Film in Lockdown – Boccaccio, “The Decameron” (Introduction & First Story)
The bubonic plague (“Black Death”), which arrived in Italy from China in 1347, killed between a third and half of the Eurasian population. In Boccaccio’s "The Decameron"...
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Literature & Film in Lockdown – Introduction: Literature and Plague
This week Professor Barry McCrea introduces the topic of the course by taking a long historical perspective on pandemics in society. Mass outbreaks of contagious illness have been...
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Reflection & Discussion Questions
Were you left with any questions stemming from Barry’s remarks? One of the things we saw in the Decameron, is that Boccaccio describes the lockdown in a very clinical way. Can...
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To Be or Not to Be Free
Artist Faith Ringgold was born in 1930 in Harlem and began making art when she was very young. As a child, she was often sick, and making art helped her pass the time while...
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How Americans Understand Abortion with Dr. Tricia Bruce, Part 1
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Dr. Tricia Bruce to discuss her report, “How Americans Understand Abortion” and to offer some observations and insights on...
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Controversial Supreme Court Cases with Rick Garnett, Part 2
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Rick Garnett for part 2 of their discussion on recent Supreme Court cases about religious liberty, health care mandates, and...
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Controversial Supreme Court Cases with Rick Garnett, Part 1
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Rick Garnett to discuss recent Supreme Court cases about religious liberty, health care mandates, and abortion law. Rick Garnett...
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Sin, Conversion, and America Today with Gloria Purvis
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Gloria Purvis to speak, in light of recent violence in America, not only about law and order, but sin and conversion. Gloria...
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A Different Kind of Research
When Rev. Robert Dowd, CSC, started the Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity 12 years ago, he wanted to do research in the developing world that was...
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Race, Religion, and Reparative Justice: Black Lives Matter and International Human Rights
Alex Hsu, a postdoctoral research associate with the Ansari Institute, talks with Diane Desierto, associate professor of human rights law and global affairs at the Keough School...
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