Author Archives: Bookworm
Book review by Stephen Pope
Boston College Theologian Stephen Pope has written a review of Evolution, Games, and God: The Principle of Cooperation, edited by Martin A. Nowak and Sarah Coakley, for Commonweal magazine. In his review, Pope writes “Coakley and Nowak’s book provides an … Continue reading
Women of Will
J. Donald Monan, S.J., Professor in Theatre Arts Tina Packer, a renowned expert on Shakespeare, is the author of the forthcoming book, Women of Will (Knopf Doubleday, 2015) — the product of her lifelong exploration of Shakespeare’s famed yet misunderstood heroines. It is based … Continue reading
Childhood in Irish society
A new volume co-edited by Boston College English Associate Professor James M. Smith and Maria Luddy of the University of Warwick offers significant scholarly contributions to the fields of Irish studies and childhood studies. Reflecting the interests of historians, literary critics, and … Continue reading
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Tagged children, English Department, Ireland, Irish Studies
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Filming the End of the Holocaust
In his new book, Filming the End of the Holocaust: Allied Documentaries, Nuremberg and the Liberation of the Concentration Camps (Bloomsbury, 2014), Professor of Fine Arts John Michalczyk tells the story of how the US Government commissioned filmmakers to document the … Continue reading
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Tagged film, Fine Arts Department, Holocaust, law, war, World War II
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Book award for Derber
Capitalism: Should You Buy It? (Paradigm Publishers, 2014) co-written by Boston College Professor of Sociology Charles Derber and Yale Magrass (University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth) has been selected as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2014 by the editors of Choice magazine, an … Continue reading
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Tagged America, economy, Sociology Dept
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Gasson Chair Frank Brennan, S.J.
Frank Brennan, S.J., who holds an appointment at Boston College Law School as the Gasson Chair, has written a review of Austen Ivereigh’s biography The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope for the Australian Broadcasting Co.’s “Religion and Ethics.” An expert … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Gasson Chair, Jesuit author, Law School, Pope Francis
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A look at trade
Boston College Professor of Political Science David Deese is the editor of Handbook of the International Political Economy of Trade, which brings together leading researchers and writers from different countries to highlight the most important and promising research and policy questions regarding … Continue reading
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Tagged BC Libraries, business, Political Science department, politics
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The notion of the hero
Professor Emerita of English Judith Wilt explores the topic of the hero in her new book, Women Writers and the Hero of Romance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). In perhaps the most personal book of her long career, Wilt draws from classics like Wuthering Heights … Continue reading
Retirement reality check
Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It (Oxford University Press, 2015), a new book by co-authored by retirement experts at Boston College, serves as both a wake-up call to Americans and policymakers about the coming shortfall in retirement savings … Continue reading
New book on Eagles Hockey
The new book Tales from the Boston College Hockey Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Eagles Hockey Stories Ever Told (Sports Publishing, 2014) details the long and highly successful history of men’s ice hockey at Boston College, from the informal “ice polo” … Continue reading
