Author Archives: Bookworm
Idea hunting
The Idea Hunter, co-written by Carroll School of Management Dean Andy Boynton, was reviewed by India’s leading online platform for startups and entrepreneurs. Boynton and his co-author Bill Fischer also were interviewed about their book as well as their thoughts … Continue reading
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Tagged Carroll School of Management, innovation
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Author Talk: Youth Held at the Border
Lynch School of Education Associate Professor Lisa (Leigh) Patel Stevens will read from and discuss her new book Youth Held at the Border: Immigration, Education and the Politics of Inclusion on January 29 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room … Continue reading
Understanding the Trinity
Dry Bones blogger Kathleen Mulhern uses Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine by School of Theology and Ministry Professor Khaled Anatolios as a guide and inspiration for her blog exploring Trinitarian spirituality and the history behind the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, religion, School of Theology and Ministry, spirituality
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Pennsylvania mines
History Professor Kevin Kenny, author of the book Making Sense of the Molly Maguires, took part in Mining History Week in Pennsylvania last week. The week’s events focused on the victims of the Knox Mine Disaster of January 22, 1959, as … Continue reading
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Tagged History Department, Ireland, Irish, mining, Pennsylvania
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Muslim Journeys
Islamic Arts, a book by Norma Jean Calderwood University Professors of Islamic and Asian Art Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair, has been selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association to be included in Bridging … Continue reading
Connolly Book of Hours
The Connolly Book of Hours, a magnificent 15th-century illuminated manuscript held by the Burns Library, is now available online. Named after former University Librarian Terence L. Connolly, SJ, The Connolly Book of Hours was created circa 1440, most likely in northern France, according … Continue reading
“Aftermath” a Best Book
Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora by Law School Professor Daniel Kanstroom, associate director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice, has been named one of the “Best 2012 Books About Justice” by The Atlantic. The … Continue reading
Vanderhooft’s book honored
Boston College Associate Professor of Theology David Vanderhooft has been presented with the 2012 G. Ernest Wright Award by American Schools of Oriental Research for his co-authored book, The Yehud Stamp Impressions: A Corpus of Inscribed Impressions from the Persian … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, Hellenistic, jars, Persian
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Waiting for America
Waiting for America, a memoir by Professor of Russian and English Maxim D. Shrayer about his emigration from Russia, has just been released in Moscow in a Russian translation. He discussed his work with Russian Journal, a portal and magazine with the … Continue reading
Finding home
The Shortest Way Home, a new novel by BC alumna Juliette Fay, has been named one of the Best Books of 2012 by Library Journal. The Shortest Way Home tells the story of Sean Doran who returns to his hometown … Continue reading
