Reading by Shrayer
Boston College Professor Maxim D. Shrayer will read from and discuss his newest book, Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story (Syracuse University Press), on Mar. 31 at 4:30 p.m in the O’Neill Library Reading Room. Leaving Russia was a finalist for a 2014 National Jewish Book Award. A professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies and a bilingual author and scholar, Shrayer has published 10 books of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and translations. The event is being held as part of the Arts & Sciences Dean’s Colloquium.
Reading by Zadie Smith
The Boston College will host a reading from award-winning writer Zadie Smith on Apr. 1 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Smith’s first novel, White Teeth, was the winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award, Guardian First Book Award, James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, and the Commonwealth Writers’ First Book Award. Her most recent novel, NW, was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Smith will read from a new story titled, “Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets.” Sponsors: The Institute for the Liberal Arts, Fiction Days, African and African Diaspora Studies and the Lowell Humanities Series.
Untangling the Ethics of Incentives
Boston College’s Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy will present “Strings Attached: Untangling the Ethics of Incentives” with Duke University Professor Ruth Grant on Mar. 28 at 4:00 p.m. in Higgins 300. Grant is a professor of political science at Duke University, specializing in political theory with a particular interest in early modern philosophy and political ethics. Her most recent book is Strings Attached: Untangling Ethics of Incentives (Princeton University Press). Her other books include John Locke’s Liberalism and Hypocrisy and Integrity: Machiavelli, Rousseau and the Ethics of Politics.
Thirsting for Lent
Franciscan friar Daniel P. Horan, OFM, a doctoral student in BC’s Theology Department, has written an essay for America magazine in which he urges fellow Catholics to commit “to rethinking the role of water in our lives, paying special attention to how we use and abuse it. In turn, we might reconsider our practices and discover ways we can become better sisters and brothers to one another and the planet.” Fr. Dan is the author of The Last Words of Jesus: A Meditation on Love and Suffering, Francis of Assisi and the Future of Faith: Exploring Franciscan Spirituality and Theology in the Modern World, and Dating God: Live and Love in the Way of St. Francis.
Cursed
Author Anne Marie Kitz will deliver a lecture on “Angels, Demons, Cain, and the Madness of King Saul” on Mar. 26 at 5:30 p.m. in the School of Theology and Ministry Library Auditorium on BC’s Brighton Campus. Kitz is the author of Cursed are You! The Phenomenology of Cursing in Cuneiform and Hebrew Texts (Eisenbrauns). Sponsor: School of Theology and Ministry. Free registration required.
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An Inner History of the New America
The Boston College Lowell Humanities Series will present George Packer, best-selling author of The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), on Mar. 26 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Packer won the National Book Award for nonfiction for The Unwinding. He is also the author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq; Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade; Blood of the Liberals, which won the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award; The Village of Waiting, a memoir of his years in the Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa; The Half Man, and Central Square. His play, “Betrayed,” won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. He is also a writer for The New Yorker.
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Tagged National Book Award winner, nonfiction
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Jewish thinking
Author Jonathan Decter will present “Jewish Thinking about Islam and Christianity in Medieval Spain” on Mar. 25 at 5 p.m. in Stokes Hall 195S. Decter is associate professor and the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Sephardic studies at Brandeis University. His research focuses on Jewish literature in the Islamic World during the medieval period and in Sephardic Studies. He is the author of Iberian Jewish Literature: Between al-Andalus and Christian Europe (Indiana University Press), which was awarded the 2007 Salo W. Baron prize for best first book in Jewish Studies. Sponsor: The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning.
Working with Millennials
In her new book, You Raised Us—Now Work With Us: Millennials, Career Success, and Building Strong Workplace Teams (American Bar Association), BC alumna Lauren Stiller Rikleen offers insights, detailed research, and practical advice to help the generations understand each other better and recognize the impact of their own behaviors on the workplace. You Raised Us can help Millennials navigate their way through the complexities of today’s work environment, while offering Boomers and Gen Xers practical recommendations for effective leadership and talent development. She discussed her book this week on NECN. Rikleen is an executive-in-residence at the Boston College Center for Work & Family and president of the Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership. Her other publications are Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women’s Success in the Law and Success Strategies for Women Lawyers.
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Tagged Center for Work & Family, generations, millennials, workplace
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