Categories
Category Archives: Boston College Authors
Irish Studies book awards
At the annual meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies held this month at University College Cork, the following authors were among those honored. BC Professor of English Philip O’Leary was awarded the 2018 Michael J. Durkan Prize for Books on Language … Continue reading
Posted in Awards/Honors, Boston College Authors
Tagged English Department, History Department, immigration, Ireland, Irish, theater
Leave a comment
A Church for the poor
Poverty: Responding Like Jesus is a new book from Paraclete Press and the Church in the 21st Century Center that takes a fresh look at the role of churches, and individual Christians, in relating to poverty and the poor among … Continue reading
Legacy of Title IX
Few laws have had such far-reaching impact as Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Intended to give girls and women greater access to sports programs and other courses of study in schools and colleges, the law has since … Continue reading
Posted in Boston College Authors
Tagged law, Political Science department, politics, women
Leave a comment
The power of collaboration
Educators Andy Hargreaves, a recently retired professor from Boston College’s Lynch School of Education, and BC alumnus Michael T. O’Connor, of the Providence Alliance for Catholic Teachers (PACT) program at Providence College, have co-written a new book highlighting how collaboration can be … Continue reading
Redefining how nonprofits solve problems
School of Social Work Associate Professor and Assistant Dean Stephanie Berzin is the co-author of Innovation from Within: Redefining How Nonprofits Solve Problems (Oxford University Press, 2018), which provides a practical framework for how leaders in the nonprofit sector can foster … Continue reading
Posted in Boston College Authors
Tagged nonprofit sector, School of Social Work, social innovation
Leave a comment
Book from BC’s Amoris Laetitia conference
The new book, Amoris Laetitia: A New Momentum for Moral Formation and Pastoral Practice (Paulist Press, 2018), is based on presentations and discussions from an October 2017 conference at Boston College where bishops and theologians considered how Pope Francis’ family … Continue reading
Translating Isaac Babel
Tablet magazine has published a new English translation—written by BC Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer—of one of the most celebrated works of Jewish fiction. Shrayer has translated, from the Russian, “Awakening,” a short story by Isaac … Continue reading
Posted in Boston College Authors
Tagged Jewish, Russian, Slavic and Eastern Languages Dept, translation
Leave a comment
