Category Archives: Boston College Authors

Book awards for Gaillardetz

Two publications from Joseph Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology Richard R. Gaillardetz have recently earned book awards. The Association of Catholic Publishers will present  Excellence in Publishing Awards to When the Magisterium Intervenes (Liturgical Press), edited by Gaillardetz, for first … Continue reading

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Big battle over a little fish

More than 30 years after arguing one of the nation’s most significant environmental law cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Boston College Law School Professor Zygmunt J. B.  Plater has published an account of the iconic story of the legal … Continue reading

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Global justice

Boston College Law  School Professor Frank J. Garcia has a new book out titled Global Justice and International Economic Law: Three Takes (Cambridge University Press). Garcia is a scholar known for his work in international economic law, social justice and … Continue reading

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Poetry fest

Students representing 26 colleges and universities, including Boston College junior Helen Spica, will share their original poetry at the annual Greater Boston Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival on April 11 in the Yawkey Center’s Murray Function Room. Irish poet Peter Fallon will … Continue reading

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New book: Bearing witness to the Shoah

In his new book, I SAW IT: Ilya Selvinsky and the Legacy of Bearing Witness to the Shoah, Boston College Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer explores how Jewish-Russian poets became the earliest literary witnesses to … Continue reading

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A ghostwriter revealed

Author Amy Boesky, a professor of English at Boston College, recently revealed a secret to The Kenyon Review: she was a ghostwriter of more than 50 books in the popular teen book series Sweet Valley High. While a graduate student studying … Continue reading

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Encountering Jesus

Come join co-editors Rev. Daniel Harrington, SJ and Christopher Matthews at a book launch on Mar. 20 for their new publication, Encountering Jesus in the Scriptures (Paulist Press, 2013), part of the Church in the 21st Century Center Book Series. … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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