The immigrant and the War on Terror
How does the war on terror impact the lives of immigrants going about their daily lives? Author Amitava Kumar will discuss this and other questions in a lecture drawn from his book, A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb. The event will be held April 6 at 4:30 p.m. in the Cabaret Room of Vanderslice Hall. Sponsor: Institute for the Liberal Arts’ Race and Culture After 9/11 Lecture Series and Symposium.
STM scholars pen book reviews
Two professors from the School of Theology and Ministry have book reviews in April 4 issue of America magazine. New Testament scholar Daniel Harrington, S.J., reviews Pope Benedict’s Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem to the Resurrection and Professor of Theology and Religious Education Thomas Groome reviews Why Stay Catholic? Unexpected Answers to a Life-Changing Question by Michael Leach.
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Canaday on Straight State
Historian Margot Canaday will speak on her recent book The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth Century America, winner of the 2010 Ellis W. Hawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians and the 2010 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies. Her talk will be held April 5 at 4:30 p.m. in Fulton 115. Sponsor: Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy.
The Master and Margarita
Join the Newton College Book Club for an engaging discussion of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov at Alumni House, Newton Campus on April 4 at 7 p.m. Bulgakov’s posthumously published masterpiece of black magic and black humor restores its sliest digs and sharpest jabs at Stalin’s regime, which suppressed it. Writing in a punning, soaring prose thick with contemporary historical references and political irony, the story itself is demanding. The moderator will be Newton College Alumnae Chair in Western Culture Judith Wilt. Attendance is free, but registration is required online or by calling Tanesha Wright at 617-552-8464. If you are interested in participating from a remote location, a conference line is available by dialing 1-877-860-3058 and using participant passcode 257370#.
Review: A Compassionate Life
Boston College School of Theology and Ministry Professor of Moral Theology Thomas Massaro, S.J., reviews Karen Armstrong’s new book, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, for America magazine.
New ebook from O’Har
George O’Har, a faculty member in the English Department, has written a novel for Kindle called The Thousand Hour Club. According to O’Har, it’s “a story in which the main character, a gas-pumping drifter and college dropout, finds redemption after he enlists in the Air Force during the Viet Nam War. He does not go to Viet Nam. Instead, he is sent to the Army Language School in Monterey, California, where he is taught Arabic by an Iraqi ex-pat, who was snatched off the streets of Baghdad by the CIA. Eventually, the narrator finds himself in Athens, where he is able to reconnect to his, and by extension, America’s symbolic and spiritual past: the 5th century Athens of Socrates.”
Catholic Church & abuse crisis: a view from Ireland
The Irish Times Religious Affairs correspondent Patsy McGarry will discuss child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church on Mar. 24 at 4 p.m. in Devlin Hall 101. McGarry’s work has been recognized with a National Media Award and the Templeton European Religion Writer of the Year Award. His publications include The Book of Jesus Reports, Christianity: Articles from the Irish Times Series, and While Justice Slept: The True Story of Nicky Kelly and the Sallins Train Robbery. He also wrote First Citizen: Mary McAleese and the Irish Presidency, the Irish president’s official biography. Sponsors are: College of Arts and Sciences, The Institute for the Liberal Arts, the English Department & the Center for Irish Programs/Irish Studies.
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Why Memoir?
BC Associate Professor of English Amy Boesky (pictured), English Dept. faculty member Suzanne Berne, and Joan Wickersham—three authors of recent memoirs—discuss the complications and possibilities of the form, and how their own thinking about memoir evolved during the writing of their books. March 23, 4:30 p.m. in Devlin Hall 101.
Novelist Chang-rae Lee
Novelist Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker, A Gesture Life, Aloft, and The Surrendered, will speak on Mar. 22 at 7 p.m. in Murray Function Room. His novels have won numerous awards and citations, including the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, the American Book Award, and the Barnes & Noble Discover Award. He has also has also written stories and articles for The New Yorker, New York Times, Time (Asia), Granta, Conde Nast Traveler, Food & Wine, and many other publications.
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