Category Archives: Guest Authors
Technology & student engagement
Anya Kamenetz, author of Generation Debt and DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education, will be discussing “How Technology can Facilitate Faculty & Student Engagement” on Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. in O’Neill Library, Main reading … Continue reading
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Constitutionalism and coercion
The Clough Distinguished Lectures in Jurisprudence, a joint initiative of the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy and the Boston College Law School, will present a lecture by noted author and scholar Frederick Schauer, the David and Mary Harrison … Continue reading
Open City
Teju Cole, author of the novel Open City, will speak on Feb. 21 in Devlin Hall, room 101 at 7 p.m. Open City, the story of a young Nigerian-German psychiatrist in New York City five years after 9/11, won the PEN/Hemingway Award, … Continue reading
Catholic periodicals facing the future
The chief editors of three prominent Catholic magazines will come together Feb. 20 to discuss the opportunities and challenges they face amidst new technologies, polarizing religious discourse, and changing demographics among American Catholics. The panelists will be Matt Malone, S.J., … Continue reading
Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, author of the acclaimed debut novel and Pulitzer Prize finalist Swamplandia!, will speak on Feb. 6 at a 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Russell’s new book, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, will be published this month. … Continue reading
Human rights in history
Three distinguished authors will convene for a special roundtable discussion on human rights in history and the development of the concept. The event will feature: Samuel Moyn of Columbia University, author of The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History; Michael … Continue reading
Revelations
Elaine Pagels, author of Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation, will deliver a lecture on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101. Pagels’ other works include The Gnostic Gospels; Adam, Eve and the Serpent; The … Continue reading
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Susan Choi, Take 2
Susan Choi was originally slated to speak on Oct. 30. This is the rescheduled event: Author Susan Choi will give a reading from her forthcoming novel on Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. in Higgins Hall, Room 300. Choi is the … Continue reading
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Journalist Jane Mayer
Journalist Jane Mayer, author of the bestseller The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals, will speak on Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Mayer … Continue reading
History’s historian
Historian Anthony Grafton, past president of the American Historical Association, will deliver a lecture on Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101. Grafton specializes in the study of the cultural history, scholarship and education in the West … Continue reading
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