Author Archives: Bookworm
A global take on parenting
Scolding other people’s children is largely taboo in America, but in other countries, such as the Netherlands, it can be a key part of a community-oriented approach to raising kids. That’s just one of the surprising insights found in Please Yell … Continue reading
The power of hateful imagery
Julius Streicher, who was convicted of crimes against humanity during the Nuremberg trials, was the publisher of Der Stürmer, a tabloid newspaper renowned for its anti-Semitism and use as a propaganda tool for the Nazi party. Streicher and his anti-Semitic … Continue reading
Higher education’s value
College students and their parents often question the “return on investment” from humanities courses, but Boston College Professor of English Carlo Rotella says that misses the point of what’s going on in the classroom. He contends that teaching—particularly an English-lit … Continue reading
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Tagged English Department, higher education, liberal arts
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Historian Jill Lepore
The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy will host historian and author Jill Lepore on December 3. She will deliver a lecture in the Burns Library at 5 p.m. based on her new book, We the People: A … Continue reading
The Camino Ignaciano
An updated edition of the Official Guide to the Camino Ignaciano has been released by Jesuit Sources, part of the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College. Written by José Luis Iriberri, S.J., and Chris Lowney, the Official Guide to … Continue reading
A collection of essays by Chris Bruell
Boston College alumni Eric Buzzetti and Devin Stauffer, who both earned doctorates in political science from BC in 1998, have edited a landmark collection of writings by Christopher Bruell, a highly regarded Boston College professor of political science who died … Continue reading
‘Nabokov on the Heights’
Nabokov on the Heights: New Studies from Boston College (Academic Studies Press, 2025), edited by Boston College Professor Maxim D. Shrayer, features essays by BC undergraduate and graduate students who took Shrayer’s seminar on the Russian American writer Vladimir Nabokov. The … Continue reading
Drama and romance in a small town
In a new literary romance novel by Liz O’Neill, expectations set for 19-year-old Sabina McTigue’s future are challenged when the young socialite meets the charming Colin Hatch, a charter pilot with a cloudy history. Set in 1950s coastal New England, … Continue reading
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The role of migrant shelters in Mexico
Aside from being one of the most important migration corridors in the world, Mexico is becoming an immigrant destination itself, with more and more migrants deciding or needing to stay in the country after failing to enter the United States. … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesuit author, Mexico, migration, School of Social Work
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Eric Klinenberg
Bestselling author and public sociologist Eric Klinenberg, the Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, will present the Jane Jacobs Lecture at Boston College on November 5 at … Continue reading
