Category Archives: Boston College Authors
English Dept. book event
English Department faculty members Suzanne Berne and Christopher Boucher will read from their new novels on Apr. 12 at 5 p.m. in Stokes Hall, RoomS195. Boucher’s latest novel, Golden Delicious (Melville House, 2016), is a modern, inventive story about the trials of … Continue reading
Reframing educational research
Decolonizing Educational Research (Routledge) by Lynch School of Education Associate Professor Leigh Patel examines the ways through which coloniality manifests in contexts of knowledge and meaning making, specifically within educational research and formal schooling. Purposefully situated beyond popular deconstructionist theory and … Continue reading
Rankings gone global
Based on a unified case methodology of 11 key countries and academic institutions, The Global Academic Rankings Game (Routledge, 2016) provides expert analysis on how academic rankings are becoming increasingly visible and influential on the international stage. The volume is co-edited by Lynch School of Education … Continue reading
Kaveny on religion, language and public life
There are two new books from Darald and Juliet Libby Professor Cathleen Kaveny, who is a faculty member in both the Theology Department and Boston College Law School. In Prophecy Without Contempt (Harvard University Press, 2016), Kaveny looks at the endurance … Continue reading
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Bancroft Prize
Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention by Professor of Law and Michael and Helen Lee Distinguished Scholar Mary Sarah Bilder has been named one of the winners of the 2016 Bancroft Prize, considered to be among the most prestigious awards in the … Continue reading
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Bill Clinton’s presidency
Professor of History Patrick Maney offers an in-depth perspective on the 42nd president of the United States and the transformative era over which he presided in his new book, Bill Clinton: New Gilded Age President (University Press of Kansas, 2016). Maney examines Bill … Continue reading
Book award for Hunt
Assistant Professor of English Aeron Hunt’s book, Personal Business: Character and Commerce in Victorian Literature and Culture (University of Virginia Press, 2014), was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015. Among Hunt’s areas of expertise are Victorian literature and culture, … Continue reading
How to teach about slavery
How can teachers get students to understand the racist underpinnings of slavery—and to acknowledge its legacies in contemporary America? Understanding and Teaching American Slavery (University of Wisconsin Press, 2016), co-edited by Associate Professor of History Cynthia Lynn Lyerly and Bethany Jay … Continue reading
Poet Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens worked most of his professional life as an insurance executive, yet is considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, winning a Pulitzer Prize and two National Book Awards. In a new biography, The Whole Harmonium: The … Continue reading
Everyday Renaissances
Revealing a Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici, Associate Professor of History Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday men and women who were inspired to pursue literature and learning, in her new book Everyday Renaissances: The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy … Continue reading
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