Special Events
(3 events)
The Alworth Institute occasionally hosts or co-sponsors events that do not fit into its other categories of programs.
Mina Carney and The Truth in Duluth
Tuesday, April 7 - 6:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda
This lecture is dedicated to the memory of Richard “Dick” Hudelson (d. April 18, 2024), who wrote an article entitled “Jack Carney and The Truth in Duluth” during the 1990s.
After travelling to America from Ireland in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising, the radical journalist and activist Jack Carney settled in Duluth within two years and would serve as editor of the weekly Truth newspaper from 1918-20for Scandinavian socialists based in the city. Dr. James Curry, a public historian from the Republic of Ireland, will highlight the important role that Carney’s wife Mina, an aspiring artist from Chicago, played in the production of Truth, and will provide a potted biography of a fascinating and neglected sculptor who has four sculptures in the permanent collection of Dublin’s renowned Hugh Lane Gallery.
The 2016 International Fellow at the Alworth Institute, Dr James Curry is a public historian from the Republic of Ireland. A history graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the University of Galway, he is the author of Artist of the Revolution: Ernest Kavanagh and co-author of Thomas Fitzpatrick and the Lepracaun Cartoon Monthly. A former committee member of the Irish Labour History Society and founder of the One Hundred Dubliners YouTube channel, James has been a regular visitor to Duluth in recent years and has had an interest in the lives of Jack and Mina Carney for over a decade.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the UMD History program and is part of its Twin Ports Festival of History.
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A Refugee Journey
Tuesday, April 22 - 1:00 to 2:15 pm OR 2:30 to 3:45 pm - Kirby Rafters
Led by Dr. Khalil Dokhanchi, Professor of Political Science, Department of Social Inquiry, University of Wisconsin Superior (UWS) and UWS students majoring in Public Leadership and Changemaking
This interactive exhibit takes participants on the journey of a refugee from Afghanistan to Germany. During the exhibit attendees will learn about: the legal definition of refugees; the reasons refugees leave their countries and why they want to go to certain countries; the rights governments are legally obligated to offer refugees; the nature of the refugee's journey; and resettlement.
This experience is set to take 75 minutes, but people are welcome for shorter periods.
Co-sponsored by the UWS Public Leadership and Changemaking Program and the the American Red Cross Serving Northern and Central Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin.
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The End of Drum Time
Thursday, January 16 - 2:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda
Presented by Hanna Pylväinen,
Author and 2024 Finlandia Foundation National Lecturer of the Year
Hanna Pylväinen will take attendees through her process of researching and writing The End of Drum-Time, and will share a reading from the book.
Hanna Pylväinen is the author of The End of Drum-Time, a 2023 finalist for the National Book Award for fiction. About her story set in the 1851 world of Sámi reindeer herders, religion, beliefs, faith and love. Hanna’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal and Harper’s Magazine. She has taught writing at Princeton and Virginia Commonwealth University, and is currently a member of the fiction faculty of the Warren Wilson College Low-Residency MFA Program. She earned a B.A. at Mount Holyoke College and M.F.A. in fiction at the University of Michigan. Hanna has received many awards, fellowships and residences. She lives in Philadelphia. She is also the 2024 Finlandia Foundation National Lecturer of the Year. For more about Hanna: hannapylvainen.com. For more about Finlandia Foundation: FinlandiaFoundation.org