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As the world watches the unfolding Russian invasion of Ukraine, experts across campus are assessing the humanitarian, legal, economic and political ramifications of the conflict and sharing their insights with media and the larger community.

James C. Richter, professor of politics at Bates College with an expertise in US and Soviet foreign policy during the Cold War, will present The Memory Wars of Central and Eastern Europe on Tuesday, Jan. 25 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. This virtual lecture is the second of three Camden Conference Community Events co-sponsored by […]

Showtimes Buried looks at the twists and turns of the case, which was the first murder trial and conviction to involve repressed memory, and has experts from both sides weigh in about memory.

May 7, 2021 last updated 17:24 ET People take part in a protest of the U.S. embargo against Cuba, Santa Clara, Cuba, April 25, 2021 (AP photo by Ismael Francisco). Cubans Are Still Waiting for Something New From Biden The Editors Thursday, May 6, 2021 During his campaign for the presidency last year, Joe Biden pledged to reverse what he called “the failed Trump policies” toward Cuba. But now, Biden’s White House is signaling that i...

The False Memory Syndrome at 30: How Flawed Science Turned into Conventional Wisdom   In early December of 1990, the young academic was feeling confused. Though she had recently been granted tenure and was a happily married mother of two, she was weighed down by a surprising surge in anxiety. To get some relief from her distress, she decided to enter psychotherapy. When she mentioned in an early session how much she was dreading the prospect of seeing her parents during the upcoming Christma...

Really is a historic occasion because its given all of us an opportunity to think back and reflect on president eggen and what he meant to us and to the country. and what i have here is a few remarks. its short, but i thought i wanted to say something appropriate at the outset and then its my understanding that frank and i are going to do sort of an interview format and that youll ask questions and ill give sparkling answers. [ laughter ] except to those questions that i dont want to answer. but...