Award for Hargreaves
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Tagged Lynch School of Education, schools, teaching
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Famously Forgotten
In their new book, The Mindset List of the Obscure: 74 Famously Forgotten Icons from A to Z, Boston College alumnus Ron Nief and his co-author Tom McBride, creators of the Beloit College Mindset List, explore 75 American culture icons once-famous and now forgotten. From Abbott and Costello to the singing telegram, the book is filled with facts, trivia and photos, that will educate young readers and make older readers nostalgic for days gone by.
For love of the game
In his new book, Sport: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2014), Boston College-Ireland Academic Director Mike Cronin charts the history of sport, from its traditional origins in folk football and cock fighting to its position as a global phenomenon today. Looking at a variety of sports from team games such as rugby and football to games for individuals such as golf and skiing, he considers how these first emerged and captivated the interest of ordinary people, and how sport has been transformed within our daily lives. He also recently wrote a blog post on the issue of sexual violence in sport.
Having a Heart for God
Boston College alumna Tracy Baumer Fox, a certified life coach, is the author of a new devotional for busy Christians seeking to be inspired by God’s word while also learning about the Bible. Fox is the founder of Having a Heart for God, a company to dedicated to educating people about Biblical principles and strategies that can be used to live a successful, happy, productive and meaningful life. She created the One Minute Bible Study — an emailed devotional containing a Scripture reading, explanation/application, reflection question, and a relevant quote from a prominent source. She has compiled the best of these offerings in her new book, Having a Heart for God Devotional: 365 Days of the One Minute Bible Study.
Wide Awake and Dreaming
Boston College Law School alumna and author Julie Flygare was diagnosed at age 24 with narcolepsy with cataplexy, a serious neurological disorder of the sleep/wake cycle that is often misunderstood and underdiagnosed. She has gone on to create Project Sleep, a non-profit raising awareness about sleep health & sleep disorders, and serve as a leading narcolepsy spokesperson and advocate. She recently blogged for Huffington Post about her experience and the need for more attention for sleep disorders. Her memoir, Wide Awake and Dreaming, was honored at the San Francisco Book Festival with a first place award in the category of autobiography/biography. Video
Book prize for Levenson
Congratulations to Professor of History Deborah Levenson who was awarded the New England Council of Latin American Studies’ Marysa Navarro Best Book Prize for her publication Adiós Niño: The Gangs of Guatemala City and the Politics of Death (Duke University Press, 2013). The citation reads, in part: “Without shirking from addressing the truly horrible crimes committed by the gangs, [Deborah Levenson] shows the economic, political, and social conditions that fomented them and continue to incubate future gang members. Using interviews, conversations, and oral histories, she provides an empathic portrait of gang members, their families, and friends to present a nuanced understanding of Guatemala City life inside and outside of gang life. What makes Levenson’s book so convincing and her so successful at describing gang members and their lives is the way she sews them together with her own personal experiences.”
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Tagged Guatemala, History Department, Latin America
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Conflict Bodies
Régine Michelle Jean-Charles, an assistant professor in the Romance Languages and Literatures Department who also teaches in the African and African Diaspora Studies Program, will talk about her new book Conflict Bodies: The Politics of Rape Representation in the Francophone Imaginary (The Ohio State University Press, 2014) on Nov. 20. Her talk, which will be held at 4:30 p.m. in Devlin Hall 101, will focus on the visual texts–documentary film and photography–in her book as examples of how cultural production plays a role in rape representation. Jean-Charles talks about her book in this video from BC Libraries. Sponsor: African and African Diaspora Studies.
Journalism—The First Draft of History?
John Horgan, the Burns Library Visiting Scholar, will give a public lecture Nov. 19 at 4:30 p.m. on “Journalism—The First Draft of History?” Typically treated by historians as a secondary source—and not necessarily a reliable one—journalism is now being studied in its own right as an essential component of social and cultural history in the widest sense. A former writer and editor for the Irish Times, Horgan is the author of a number of acclaimed political biographies, including studies of Mary Robinson, Sean Lemass and Noel Browne. He was elected to the Irish Senate and later to the Dáil and European Parliament. He was a professor of journalism at Dublin City University from 1983 to 2006. The following year he was appointed Ireland’s first Press Ombudsman. He is teaching a course at Boston College on the politics of constitutional change in Ireland from 1922-2013. His lecture will be held in the Thompson Room of the Burns Library. A Q&A with Horgan was recently published in the Boston College Chronicle.
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Tagged BC Libraries, Center for Irish Programs, Ireland, journalism, media
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The Birth of Korean Cool
Author Euny Hong will speak about her new book, The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture (Picador, 2014), on November 17 at 7:15 p.m. in Stokes S461. A journalist who grew up in Chicago and Seoul, Hong delves into the world of contemporary Korean music, TV dramas, film, and video games. Through interviews and research she explores the Korean government’s carefully orchestrated plan to become the world’s #1 exporter of popular culture. A book signing will take place after her talk. New York Times book review | Sponsor: Asian Studies Program
The Colorization of America
Jeff Chang, author of the book Who We Be: The Colorization of America (St. Martin’s Press, 2014), will speak at Boston College on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 101. In Who We Be, Chang examines the cultural transformation of the U.S. over the last three decades. He is also the author of the award-winning book Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop. Chang was editor of Total Chaos, an anthology examining the influence of hip-hop culture into other art forms. He has written for The Nation, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, VIBE, and The L.A. Review of Books. He recently was interviewed by Huffington Post about his new book. Sponsor: Lowell Humanities Series
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Tagged Lowell Humanities Series, music
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