Past Obsessions
In her forthcoming book Past Obsessions: World War Two in History and Memory, historian Carol Gluck considers examples from Europe, Asia, and North America that help us to understand both how public memory works and the challenge that the present preoccupation with memory poses to what we used to think of as history. Gluck will speak at Boston College on Mar. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Murray Function Room. Her other books include: Japan’s Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period; Showa: The Japan of Hirohito; Asia in Western and World History, and Words in Motion: Toward a Global Lexicon. Sponsor: Lowell Humanities Series
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Tagged history, Japan, Lowell Humanities Series, memory, World War II
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Honors and a new book for Matthews
The Oxford Bibliographies Online was recently honored by the Association of American Publishers with a 2012 Prose Award in the category of eProduct/Best Multidiscipline Platform. BC School of Theology and Ministry Research Professor Christopher R. Matthews serves as editor-in-chief of the Oxford Bibliographies Online’s Biblical Studies Module. The PROSE Awards honor excellence in professional and scholarly publishing. In other news, Matthews and François Bovon have published a new book titled, The Acts of Philip: A New Translation. In the book they utilize manuscript evidence gathered within the last half-century to provide a new translation of the apocryphal Acts of Philip.
The Commander
The Carroll School of Management’s Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics will host a talk and book signing by Major Russell Lewis MC, former British Army Infantry Officer and author of Company Commander. The event, to be held March 18 at 6:30 p.m. in Walsh Function Room, is part of the center’s Clough Colloquium Series, which recognizes individuals who have made important contributions as ethical leaders in their fields. Maj. Lewis was awarded a Military Cross for his leadership and gallantry. His operational experience includes tours of Northern Ireland, Kosovo and Iraq. In 2008, he commanded B Company, 2 PARA, a group of 200 soldiers from the British Army’s legendary Parachute Regiment, in Afghanistan. Company Commander is a compelling first-person account of his company’s brutal six month fight against a determined and aggressive enemy.
A reading by Graver
Boston College English Professor Elizabeth Graver will read from her new novel The End of the Point on Mar. 14 at 4:30 p.m. at the O’Neill Library Reading Room at Boston College. She also will share stories about the research she did for the book, which examines the powerful legacy of family and place and explores what we are born into, what we pass down, preserve, cast off or willingly set free. The End of the Point (which was cited in Bookmarks last month) has been reviewed by the Boston Globe. A New York Times review is expected this Sunday. Graver, who was interviewed by Leonard Lopate for the NPR affiliate in New York, will be featured on Channel 5 Boston’s “Chronicle” news magazine show this Friday.
How to read the Bible
Renowned biblical scholar Father Daniel Harrington, SJ, a professor in BC’s School of Theology and Ministry, is one of three scholars who contributed to The Bible and the Believer. The co-authors, representing three faith traditions, illustrate how to read the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament critically and religiously.
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US Catholic book review
US Catholic magazine has published a review of Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of Old and New, whose “contributors remind us of the spiritual wealth available to us through our Catholic faith tradition and instruct us in its practical application to our lives.” The book, part of the Church in the 21st Century Center Book Series, was co-edited by School of Theology and Ministry Associate Professor Colleen Griffith and Professor Thomas Groome. It also was featured in BC Bookmarks and the Boston College Chronicle back in October.
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Heart of the team
Boston College alumna Rachel Gregorio has illustrated the Boston sports-themed children’s book, Danny Woodhead: A Football Dream Come True. The story, about the big contribution made by a football team’s smallest player, is inspired by New England Patriots running back Danny Woodhead. This is the third collaboration between Gregorio and author Jon Goode, who also worked on children’s books connected to former Boston Celtic Glen Davis and former Boston Red Sox Jonathan Papelbon.
A hero’s tale
A new children’s book, titled The Man in the Red Bandanna, tells the story of BC alumnus Welles Crowther, who heroically gave his life while saving others in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. The book was written by Welles’ sister Honor Crowther Fagan, also a graduate of BC. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust.
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Tagged 9/11, alumni, children's book, New York City, World Trade Center
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The need to go out and play
The importance of free, unstructured play is woefully underestimated by parents and educators, according to a new book by Boston College developmental psychologist Peter Gray. In his book Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life (Basic Books, March 2013), Gray shows how the hunter-gatherer way—where children spend their days in mixed-age groups, engaging in self-directed play and exploration—leads to the development of socially, intellectually, and emotionally healthy adults. Says Gray: “Over the past 50 years—as children’s opportunities for free play and exploration have declined—there has been a dramatic rise in anxiety, depression, and suicide in young people, who have not had the opportunity that free play provides to find meaning and joy in life.” Read more
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