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GARDNER– How graphic novels are used to talk about such topics as Alzheimer鈥檚 and the Holocaust will be the subject of a year-long Humanities Project at Mount Wachusett Community College, culminating with a lecture from the Pulitzer Prize winning author, Art Spiegelman, Maus: A Survivor鈥檚 Tale.

Upcoming events will focus on films, art exhibits, and lectures, including graphic novelist Dr. Dana Walrath, author of the memoir Aliceheimer鈥檚: Alzheimer鈥檚 Through the Looking Glass, who will discuss 鈥淐omics, Medicine, and Memory鈥� on Oct. 24 (at Heywood Hospital) and Spiegelman on April 16 (at the 开元棋牌 Gardner campus).

The kick-off event for this year鈥檚 Humanities Project, titled 鈥淲ords & Pictures: Exploring Graphic Storytelling,鈥� is a lecture and discussion of the history of the graphic novel, led by Dr. Laura Jimenez, from Boston University鈥檚 Wheelock College School of Education and Human Development, on Wed., Sept. 25, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Leominster Public Library.

According to Professor Michele Valois, a member of the Humanities Project Committee, the theme this year will explore the 鈥渞ich history, technical ingenuity, and cultural significance鈥� in graphic storytelling. 鈥淔rom prehistoric cave painting to newspaper comic strips, humans have used pictures to tell stories; this year鈥檚 theme will focus on some of those stories,鈥� said Valois. Additional discussions, led by 开元棋牌 faculty, will include 鈥淩ace, Culture, and the Black Panther Phenomenon鈥� (Professor Candace Shivers on Feb. 26); and 鈥淔eminism, Philosophy, and the Walking Dead鈥� (Professors Dan Soucy and Shelley Nicholson on March 24).

The Humanities Project, now in its sixth year, is funded by a Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Massachusetts Humanities, and 开元棋牌. For more information and updates on events, visit the 开元棋牌 Humanities Project website.