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After the fighting
During the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002, an estimated 20,000 children were forced to join the fighting where they were ordered to kill a friend, relative, or neighbor under threat of being killed themselves. Boston … Continue reading
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Money, marketing, and art
“Art is a central aspect of human societies, yet few people know how the art market functions. The most prominent aspects of the art world, including galleries, museums, media attention, and even critical acclaim, are actually shaped by buyers and … Continue reading
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Inspired by her grandmother
White Mulberry is a new historical novel written by 1994 Boston College Law School graduate Rosa Kwon Easton. Inspired by the life of Easton’s grandmother, White Mulberry is a moving portrait of Miyoung, a young girl who leaves an impoverished … Continue reading
Loneliness: A Theological Appraisal
Theologian Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the University of Oxford and Extraordinary Professor of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology at the University of Stellenbosch, will present the Candlemas Lecture “Loneliness: A Theological Appraisal” at Boston College on February … Continue reading
Catholic women preaching
Catholic Women Preach: Raising Voices, Renewing the Church (Orbis Books, 2024) is the third installment of a series of books featuring homilies offered by Catholic women from around the world on the Gospel readings for Sundays and holy days. The … Continue reading
The Boston game
On Boston Common stands a monument dedicated to the Oneida Football Club. It honors the site where, in the 1860s, 16 boys played what was then called the “Boston game”—an early version of football in the United States. In the … Continue reading
What pandemics teach us
Ed Yong, who was awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for his coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, will present “What Pandemics Teach Us” at Boston College on January 29 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall 100. Yong also … Continue reading
Higher education in the British Atlantic world
The Universities of Scotland, Ireland and New England during the British Civil Wars: Contested Seminaries (Boydell Press, 2024), written by Boston College alumnus Salvatore Cipriano, provides new insight into the contested nature of higher education in the British Atlantic world … Continue reading
The book of love
Love: A History (Oxford University Press, 2024), edited by BC Moakley Professor of Political Science Ryan Patrick Hanley, traces the history of thinking about love from antiquity to the 20th century, and includes how various literary, cultural, and political representations … Continue reading
Nearly dead
How does one recover from a near-death experience? In his memoir, 1974 Boston College graduate Michael J. Hession, M.D., a physician who has cared for critically ill patients for more than 30 years, shares the story of his own near-death … Continue reading
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