Category Archives: Guest Authors
Brilliant
Award-winning author Jane Brox will talk about her latest book, Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light, at the Murray Function Room at 7:00 p.m. on Sept. 28. In Brilliant, Brox traces the fascinating history of human light from the stone … Continue reading
A priest and the Holocaust
Fr. Patrick Desbois, author of The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews, will speak at a campus event on Sept. 26 at 4:00 p.m. in Higgins Hall 300. Fr. Desbois, … Continue reading
Eyewitness to War
Dexter Filkins, a New York Times foreign correspondent, was part of a team of reporters who won a 2009 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He won a George Polk award for his coverage of the eight-day assault … Continue reading
Sister Helen
Dead Man Walking author Helen Prejean, CSJ, will speak at Boston College on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. in Robsham Theater. Sister Helen is a Roman Catholic nun whose prison ministry and advocacy against the death penalty have garnered international … Continue reading
How Lincoln Learned to Read
Over the summer, each member of the Boston College Class of 2014 was given a copy of Daniel Wolff’s How Lincoln Learned to Read. The author will address the Class of 2014 and the rest of the University community at … Continue reading
Necessary Secrets
Gabriel Schoenfeld, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and resident scholar at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, will discuss his new book, Necessary Secrets: National Security, the Media, and the Rule of Law, on Sept. 16 at … Continue reading
Fire in the Heart
Harvard Professor Mark Warren, author of Fire in the Heart, a new book that uncovers the process by which some white Americans become activists for racial justice, will speak on Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m. in Campion Hall, room 139. … Continue reading
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