Category Archives: Guest Authors
Reading Shakespeare to respond to illness
University of Calgary Professor Emeritus Arthur Frank, Professor II at VID Specialized University in Oslo and a visiting professor at Columbia University, will present “Polyphonic Suffering: Reading Shakespeare to Respond to Illness” at Boston College on March 12 at 7 … Continue reading
Unaccompanied at the border
Poet Javier Zamora will discuss home, identity, and the immigrant experience—the focus of his acclaimed 2022 memoir Solito (Hogarth)—at Boston College on February 26 in Gasson 100 at 7 p.m. At age nine, Zamora embarked on a nine-week journey from … Continue reading
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Tagged immigrant, memoir, poet, poetry
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Loneliness: A Theological Appraisal
Theologian Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the University of Oxford and Extraordinary Professor of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology at the University of Stellenbosch, will present the Candlemas Lecture “Loneliness: A Theological Appraisal” at Boston College on February … Continue reading
What pandemics teach us
Ed Yong, who was awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for his coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, will present “What Pandemics Teach Us” at Boston College on January 29 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall 100. Yong also … Continue reading
Sy Montgomery: Secrets of the Octopus
Boston College will host a talk by Sy Montgomery, a naturalist and author of more than 30 books for adults and children, on November 20 at Gasson Hall, room 100 at 7 p.m. She will speak about her book, Secrets … Continue reading
Reuben Jonathan Miller on mass incarceration
Reuben Jonathan Miller, an associate professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and a research professor at the American Bar Foundation, will present “Mass Incarceration, Voting Rights, and Citizenship” at Boston College … Continue reading
Poet Camille Dungy
“Poetry Days Presents: An Evening with Camille T. Dungy” will showcase Dungy’s poetry and her ability to cross genres as she did in her latest publication, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden (Simon & Schuster, 2023). Dungy’s talk … Continue reading
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Tagged American Studies program, English Department, environment, nature, poet
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Learning about Máire Comerford
On September 18 at 4:30 p.m., documentary filmmaker Hilary Dully will speak about Máire Comerford (1893-1982) who was actively engaged in the Irish War of Independence and the subsequent Civil War. Dully will trace Comerford’s footsteps from gentile beginnings in … Continue reading
Computer scientist, author Fei-Fei Li
Renowned computer scientist Fei-Fei Li, whose groundbreaking work on human-centered artificial intelligence has made her a leading voice in the conversation about technology’s role in society, will be the featured speaker at First Year Academic Convocation tonight. Li, who served … Continue reading
Amy Stanley: Stranger in the Shogun’s City
Amy Stanley, the Wayne V. Jones II Research Professor in History at Northwestern University, will discuss her award-winning book Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World at Boston College on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. in … Continue reading
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