Category Archives: Boston College Authors
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
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
Navajo carver Clitso Dedman
Clitso Dedman, Navajo Carver (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books, 2023) by Boston College Professor Emerita Rebecca Valette is an illustrated biography of master wood carver Clitso Dedman, a remarkable and underrecognized 20th-century artist. A former blacksmith and builder, Dedman took up … Continue reading
Ecological hospitality
Hosting Earth: Facing the Climate Emergency (Routledge, 2024) is a timely volume in the emerging literature of environmental philosophy. Co-edited by Boston College Charles Seelig Professor of Philosophy Richard Kearney and BC alumni Peter Klapes and Urwa Hameed, the book … Continue reading
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Early Christianity encyclopedia
The Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, co-edited by Boston College’s Margaret O’Brien Flatley Professor of Catholic Theology David G. Hunter, focuses on early Christianity from a historical perspective in order to uncover the lasting legacy of the authors and texts. … Continue reading
The Battle of Sitka
At the turn of the 19th century, Russia was a rising power in North America, with an empire that extended across the Bering Sea, through the Aleutians and Kodiak Island, and down the Alaskan panhandle. The objective was to corner … Continue reading
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A school principal’s must-have
The seventh edition of The Principal’s Legal Handbook (Education Law Association, 2024), co-edited by Lynch School of Education and Human Development Associate Professor Raquel Muñiz, is the definitive guide to key legal and policy topics that impact school leaders. This … Continue reading
Honors for Eaton
Associate Professor of History Nicole Eaton has won honors for her 2023 book German Blood, Slavic Soil: How Nazi Königsberg Became Soviet Kaliningrad (Cornell University Press). The book offers a deep exploration of this port city on the Baltic Sea—the … Continue reading
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Final words from Rick Gaillardetz
One year ago today, Boston College’s Joseph Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology Richard Gaillardetz died. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the theologian started sharing his thoughts and reflections on CaringBridge. His essays have been collected in a volume titled While I … Continue reading
Social Work Career Guidebook
As director of Career Services and Alumni Relations at the Boston College School of Social Work, Cindy Snell has connected students with potential employers, hosted resume-writing workshops, and managed a huge jobs database, among many other tasks. She has taken … Continue reading
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