Tuesday, February 22, 2022
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM (ET)
RSU Small Ballroom
Event Type
Lecture
Department
Irish Studies Program
Link
https://ems.bridgew.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=63051
Fighting Words: Literature,
Music, and the Construction of Irish Nationalism
Join the Irish Studies
Program for a lecture by Kevin Kidd, Dean of the Maxwell Library, in the Rondileau
Student Union Small Ballroom, Room 206B.
Kevin Kidd is dean of the Maxwell Library at Bridgewater State
University and a PhD student at Simmons University. He has worked for more
than 25 years in academic and research libraries and holds a Bachelor of Arts
in English Literature from La Salle University, a Master of Arts in Irish
Literature from Boston College, and a Master of Science in Library and
Information Science from Syracuse University. Previously, Kevin was director of
the library at Wentworth Institute of Technology and head of technology for the
Boston College University Libraries. He has deep experience in library
administration, space planning, technology, software development, and system
design and implementation. Kevin is also the vice president of the Board of
Directors of the Ames Free Library in Easton, Massachusetts and is the past president of the Fenway Library Organization.
The event is open to the BSU community and the public. Classes are
welcome. Light refreshments will be provided.