Monthly Archives: October 2010

Belfast Boys

Goldsmiths, University of London Professor Richard Grayson will speak on his book, Belfast Boys – How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War, at 4 p.m. on Oct. 18 in the Thompson Room of Burns … Continue reading

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Politics & culture

Wall Street Journal columnist and author Peggy Noonan, speechwriter for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, will speak on campus Oct. 19 at 4:30 p.m. in Robsham Theater. Her appearance is part of the Carroll School’s Winston Center for … Continue reading

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Meet Elif Batuman

Elif Batuman has written about Thai boxing, Russian ice palaces, and comedy traffic school for The New Yorker. She contributes to London Review of Books, n+1, and the Nation. She is the author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books … Continue reading

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Fr. Neenan’s Dean’s List

Every year since 1982, William B. Neenan, SJ, one of Boston College’s most beloved Jesuits, issues his Dean’s List of recommended books. Check out the Boston College Chronicle for details about Fr. Neenan’s 2010 Dean’s List, which includes new titles … Continue reading

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After 9/11

University of California at Davis Professor Sunaina Maira will discuss her book, Missing: Youth, Citizenship, and Empire After 9/11, a study of South Asian Muslim immigrant youth and issues of citizenship and empire after 9/11, on Oct. 6 at 4:30 … Continue reading

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Paging Heidi Montag

When is the modification of our appearance empowering and when is it a sign of weakness? Sociologist Victoria Pitts-Taylor, author of Surgery Junkies: Wellness and Pathology in Cosmetic Culture, offers a ground-breaking analysis of the normalization of cosmetic surgery and … Continue reading

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