Author Archives: Bookworm
“Long Emergency”
Author and social critic James Howard Kunstler will present “The Long Emergency” on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Kunstler’s best-selling book, The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of the Oil Age, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Authors, Lowell Humanities Series
Tagged environmental issues, urban planning
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Honors for Sabbath
BC School of Social Work Assistant Professor Erika Sabbath has been named a recipient of a 2015 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award from the Gerontological Society of America. The award honors insightful and innovative publications on aging and life course development in … Continue reading
Posted in Awards/Honors, Boston College Authors
Tagged aging, research, School of Social Work
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The outlook for religious pluralism in Syria
Veteran journalist Charles Glass will present “The Outlook for Religious Pluralism in Syria” on Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. The Syrian civil war has claimed in excess of 200,000 lives, with an estimated … Continue reading
Review: The BBC’s ‘Irish Troubles’
It is hard to convey to people in the second decade of the twenty-first century, many of whom have no memory of the daily murder and mayhem that was Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s, just how hugely disruptive … Continue reading
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Tagged History Department, Ireland, Irish Studies, journalism, United Kingdom
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Sowing the Seeds of Faith
Internationally recognized religious education expert Thomas H. Groome will present “Sowing the Seeds of Faith: It is (Almost) All in the Family” on Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. His presentation will reflect on why … Continue reading
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of the best-selling Between the World and Me (Spiegel & Grau, 2015)–a National Book Award finalist and one of the most talked about books in the United States this year–will speak on Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in Gasson … Continue reading
Understanding Israel/Palestine
For many, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems intractable. But in her new book, Understanding Israel/Palestine: Race, Nation, and Human Rights in the Conflict (Sense Publishers, 2015), author Eve Spangler contends that a resolution is a possibility if parties are willing to approach the situation from a human … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, human rights, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Sociology Dept
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The Mark and the Void
Irish author Paul Murray will make a campus appearance on Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. in Connolly House, 300 Hammond St. to mark the publication of his newest novel, The Mark and the Void (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015). His previous novels … Continue reading
Thieves of State
Award-winning journalist and author Sarah Chayes will present “Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security” on Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Chayes is a senior associate the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where her … Continue reading
Book Launch: Catholic Sacraments
On Oct. 19, Boston College will host an event to mark the publication of Catholic Sacraments: A Rich Source of Blessings (Paulist Press), edited by School of Theology and Ministry Professor John F. Baldovin, S.J. and alumnus David Farina Turnbloom. This … Continue reading
