Author Archives: Bookworm
American illustrator
Garth Williams’ illustrations are an essential part of such classic children’s literature as Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web, The Cricket in Time’s Square, and the Little House books. English Department faculty members Elizabeth K. Wallace and James D. Wallace have captured the life and times of the … Continue reading
Shangri La
Waterscapes: Islamic Architecture and Art from Doris Duke’s Shangri La is a fully illustrated publication by Boston College professors Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair (with Shangri La conservator Kent Severson) that accompanies an exhibition of the same title on display at … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Fine Arts Department, Islamic art
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Honor for alumna
Cristina Richie, who earned a master’s degree in 2012 and will graduate this month with a doctorate in theological ethics, has been honored with the 2016 Evangelical Press Association, Higher Goals in Christian Journalism First Place Student Writer of the Year … Continue reading
Ethics of Discernment
A new book by Professor of Philosophy Patrick H. Byrne has been called the first detailed exposition of an ethical theory based on eminent 20th century philosopher Bernard Lonergan, S.J.’s method of self-appropriation. In The Ethics of Discernment: Lonergan’s Foundation for … Continue reading
Moscow memories
Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer, who came to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1987, recalls a spring day in Moscow more than 30 years ago, a friendship, and a longing to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Slavic and Eastern Languages Dept, Soviet Union
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Review for Understanding and Teaching American Slavery
In a review for Education Week, contributor Kate Shuster writes that the new book Understanding and Teaching American Slavery, co-edited by Associate Professor of History Lynn Lyerly and BC alumna Bethany Jay “has the potential to change the way that slavery is taught in … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, History Department, slavery
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Honors for Bowles
Assistant Professor of German Studies Daniel Bowles was named winner of the 2016 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize for his translation of Christian Kracht’s Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015). Established in 1996, the annual prize is awarded … Continue reading
Honors for Martínez Alemán
Lynch School of Education Professor Ana Martínez Alemán was honored with the 2016 Outstanding Publication Award in Division J (Postsecondary Education) for Critical Approaches to the Study of Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015), a book she co-edited with Estela … Continue reading
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Tagged higher education, Lynch School of Education
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“I have been forever changed…”
In “Take and Read,” a blog from National Catholic Reporter that features a different contributor’s reflections on a specific book that changed their lives, Canisius Professor James F. Keenan, S.J. shares his thoughts on Being as Communion: Studies in Personhood … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Jesuit author, theology, Theology Department
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Reviews for The Whole Harmonium
The Whole Harmonium: The Life of Wallace Stevens, a new book by University Professor of English and “biographer of poets” Paul Mariani, has been rated the number one best seller on Amazon in American Literary Criticism and Hot New Sellers. It also has been … Continue reading
