Retired faculty member Peter Olivieri, who taught at Boston College for more than 40 years, has published two books. Good Advice is a collection of wisdom worth remembering and passing along to the next generation. It is categorized in the form of some three dozen easy-to-remember principles. Questions You Should Ask features more than 1,000 questions in 50 categories. Olivieri suggests that by asking the right questions up front, one can save time, effort, money, or aggravation.
Advice and questions
Captain Smith
The tale of William Smith, the brother of Abigail Adams, who led the town of Lincoln’s minutemen at the Battle of Lexington and Concord and then died in disgrace 12 years later, is told in a new book by retired Boston College faculty member Donald Hafner. In William Smith, Captain: Life and Death of a Soldier of the American Revolution, Hafner writes of Captain Smith’s role in battle at the North Bridge in Concord as well as at the Siege of Boston. Within 30 months, he would be a British prisoner of war, having been captured during an ill-fated venture as a privateer. He died in poverty, disgrace, and estrangement from his wife and family at the age of 40. Hafner, who taught at Boston College for more than four decades and served as vice provost for undergraduate academic affairs, is a Colonial reenactor and gives tours at the Captain William Smith House in Lincoln. More from the Boston Globe.
The theology of Thomas Gallus
Knowledge, Love, and Ecstasy in the Theology of Thomas Gallus (Oxford University Press, 2017), by Associate Professor of Theology Boyd Taylor Coolman provides the first full English language study of French theologian Thomas Gallus and represents a significant advance in his distinctive theology. Coolman argues that Gallus distinguishes, but never separates and intimately relates two “international modalities” in human consciousness: the intellective and the affective, both of which are forms of cognition. Though Gallus may be less well-known that his Victorine Theology predecessors, Coolman’s work recognizes the full import and synthetic power of Gallus’ theological vision.
Clare of Assisi
In her new book, Clare of Assisi and the Thirteenth-Century Church: Religious Women, Rules, and Resistance (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016), School of Theology and Ministry Associate Professor Catherine M. Mooney explores the story of Clare of Assisi (1193-1253), who was the first woman to formally associate with Francis of Assisi, and counters some of the traditionally held beliefs about her. For example, Mooney says Clare was not the founder of the religious order that today bears her name. Mooney is a medieval historian who specializes in the lives of saints. She previously edited and contributed to the book, Gendered Voices: Medieval Saints and Their Interpreters. More from BC News.
Arts Festival 2017
Boston College’s annual Arts Festival is a time for the BC community to gather and celebrate the visual, performing, and literary arts. Among the highlights in the literary arts this year are readings from seniors in the creative writing concentration (Apr. 27, noon, Gasson 100); the Jane Austen-Edgar Allan Poe smackdown (Apr., 27, 5 p.m., Devlin 101), and readings by faculty authors Carlo Rotella, Andrew Sofer, Eileen Donovan Kranz, Michael C. Keith, Allison Adair, Christopher Boucher, Sue Roberts, James Najarian, Bob Chibka and Kim Garcia (noon, Apr. 28 and 29, Gasson 100). In addition, alumna Tracey Wigfield, who won an Emmy Award for writing, will participate in a number of events throughout the festival. Wigfield is a television producer/writer who has worked on “30 Rock” and “The Mindy Project.” She is the creator and executive producer of the new show, “Great News.” BC News | Full Schedule
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Artist Hartmut Austen
Here R More (Good Weather, 2016) is a book that showcases the work of visual artist Hartmut Austen, an assistant professor in the Art, Art History, and Film Department. The book collaborators are Haynes Riley (design) and Ruben Nusz (text). Austen, who was born in Germany, is an abstract painter who has been influenced by German Neo-Expressionism and American minimalism and conceptual art. Austen said the book was a way to bring his art out into the world, beyond the walls of a gallery where this work was first displayed in an exhibition of the same name. He talks about the book with the BC Libraries.
New books from BC alumni
BC alumna Emily Bloom has published The Wireless Past: Anglo-Irish Writers and the BBC, 1931-1968 (Oxford University Press, 2017), the first book-length study of Irish literary broadcasting on the BBC. Drawing upon unpublished radio archives, this book shows that radio broadcasting, rather than prompting a break with literary history and traditional literary forms, in fact served as an important means for reinterpreting the legacies of oral and print traditions. A book event at Columbia University’s Heyman Center for the Humanities on Apr. 27 at 6:15 p.m. will celebrate the publication of The Wireless Past as well as the publication of Expelling the Poor: Atlantic Seaboard States and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of American Immigration Policy by BC alumnus Hidetaka Hirota. [More about Expelling the Poor in this 2/1/17 BC Bookmarks post.]
Poet Juana Rosa Pita
Award-winning poet Juana Rosa Pita will read from her poetry and participate in a Q&A on April 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the McMullen Museum of Art. Pita was a friend of artist Rafael Soriano, whose work is on exhibit at the McMullen. She has written 27 books of poetry and has been honored with the Premio Internazionale Ultimo Novecento and the First Prize of Poetry for Latin America from the ICH of Málaga. Seating is limited; please register in advance.
Greater Boston Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival
Undergraduate student poets representing some 20 Boston area colleges and universities will gather at BC April 25 to present their work at the annual Greater Boston Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival. All participants read original work at the event, and a chapbook of poetry by the participants is published in conjunction with the festival. BC senior Sherry (Yu-Hsuan) Hsiao was selected to present her poem “Twenty Minutes to Jing An.” The event will feature a keynote address by writer Andrea Cohen, director of the Writers House at Merrimack College and the Blacksmith House Poetry Series in Cambridge. The recipient of a PEN Discovery award and Glimmer Train’s Short Fiction Award, Cohen is the author of Unfathoming, Furs Not Mine, Kentucky Derby, Long Division and The Cartographer’s Vision. Her poems and stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Poetry, Threepenny Review, The Atlantic, and New Republic, among other publications. More from BC News.
21st Century Corporate Citizenship
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more than 30 years, the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship has worked to provide the resources and tools to help organizations make the most of their corporate citizenship programs by aligning environmental, social, and governance objectives with business goals. Now, Center for Corporate Citizenship Executive Director Katherine Valvoda Smith and Dave Stangis, vice president of corporate responsibility and chief sustainability officer for Campbell Soup Company, have teamed up to create a comprehensive blueprint for corporate citizenship success: 21st Century Corporate Citizenship: A Practical Guide to Delivering Value to Society and Your Business. This ‘how-to’ handbook presents a step-by-step process aimed at helping readers create the most successful business possible in the 21st century competitive landscape, empowering corporate citizenship professionals to accelerate their credibility within their company as an effective contributor who understands their company’s strategy and who creates value. The tools and insights presented are valuable for every business person thinking about how to differentiate their company and maximize business and social value—from the sole proprietor to those working in a global megacorporations.
BC Bookmarks 