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Apr 23, 2019

Congrats to the Winners of the 10th Annual GIS Mapping Contest

It is with great pleasure that the Boston College Libraries announce the winners of the Tenth Annual Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping Contest at Boston College:

Apr 22, 2019

Faculty Publication Highlight: Cristiano Casalini

Jesuit Philosophy on the Eve of Modernity is the first comprehensive volume to trace the origins and development of Jesuit philosophy during the first century of the Society of Jesus (1540–c.

Apr 9, 2019

Faculty Publication Highlight: Wan Sonya Tang

This edited volume examines the historical, political, cultural, and aesthetic implications of re-visiting Restoration Spain (1874-1931) in television costume dramas produced since 2000.

Mar 28, 2019

New Digital Scholarship Project: Jesuit Online Bibliography

The Jesuit Online Bibliography is a re-envisioned, open access and fully searchable database of bibliographic records for scholarship in Jesuit Studies produced in the 21st century.

Mar 25, 2019

Faculty Publication Highlight: Joseph F. Quinn, Ph.D

“Challenges and Opportunities for Living and Working Longer,” with Kevin Cahill.

Mar 12, 2019

Faculty Publication Highlight: Alston Conley

Professor Conley talks about his experience of painting lilies in winter, how a flower that blooms in winter reminds us of regeneration and spring, and the symbolic meaning of lilies in Christian …

Feb 26, 2019

New Burns Library Exhibit: Genius of Genre

Flann the novelist. Myles the columnist. Brother Barnabas the student. Brian O’Nolan (1911-1966) wrote in many genres under many guises, in both English and Irish, confounding contemporaries with his …

Feb 26, 2019

Faculty Publication Highlight: Theresa O'Keefe

The heart of ministry with adolescents is assisting adolescents to recognize and grow into the multiple relationships in their lives, including their relationship with God.

Feb 12, 2019

Faculty Publication Highlight: Daniel McKaughan & Holly VandeWall

The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader brings together seminal texts from antiquity to the end of the nineteenth century and makes them accessible in one volume for the first time.

Feb 4, 2019

TML Exhibit: Seeking Shelter, a Story of Place, Faith & Resistance

Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan and theologian and civil rights lawyer William Stringfellow belonged to an old American tradition – faith-based activism.

Jan 22, 2019

The Romance of Books

Many of us are familiar with romance as a concept of romantic love, but what if we looked at it in a different way?

Jan 22, 2019

Faculty Publication Highlight: Dr. Gabrielle Oliveira

While we have an incredible amount of statistical information about immigrants coming in and out of the United States, we know very little about how migrant families stay together and raise their …

Jan 21, 2019

Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits Vol 5 Now Online

Volume 50, Numbers 3 and 4, of Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits are now available online.

Dec 17, 2018

Faculty Publication Highlight: Patricia A. Tabloski and Joanne Evans

Redefining Retirement For Nurses will help expand your ideas of retirement by sharing opportunities available to you and enhancing your understanding of how to leverage your talents in new ways.

Dec 14, 2018

O'Neill Reading Room Backwall Exhibit: Climate Change

Climate change is often viewed as a concern limited to scientists and social scientists.

Dec 14, 2018

O'Neill Level One Gallery: Art & Digital Technology

In Art & Digital Technology, a studio art course taught by professor Karl Baden from the Art, Art History, and Film Department, students combine text and image to produce a variety of design and …

Dec 3, 2018

Faculty Publication Highlight: Richard Lennan & Nancy Pineda-Madrid

The Holy Spirit helps readers grow in awareness of the Holy Spirit’s presence and movement in their lives.

Nov 19, 2018

Faculty Publication Highlight: John Gallaugher

Learn to Program using Swift for iOS Development breaks down the learning barriers for app creation with a hands-on, video-centered approach.

Nov 14, 2018

Theology and Ministry Library Exhibit: TML Turns 10!

The Boston College Theology and Ministry Library (TML) is many things: a meeting place; a center of learning; a repository of treasured theological and philosophical wisdom; a venue wherein lessons …

Nov 9, 2018

O'Neill Level One Photo Exhibit: Embracing Challenging Conversations

An exhibition sponsored by the Office of International Students & Scholars and the Boston College Libraries of international photographs submitted from members across the Boston College community.

Nov 5, 2018

Faculty Publication Highlight: Technology and Engagement

Technology and Engagement is based on a four-year study of how first generation college students use social media, aimed at improving their transition to and engagement with their university.

Oct 23, 2018

Faculty Publication Highlight:
Peter Krause & Timothy Crawford

From the rising significance of non-state actors to the increasing influence of regional powers, the nature and conduct of international politics has arguably changed dramatically since the height of …

Oct 9, 2018

Faculty Publication Highlight: Nancy Netzer

Professor Netzer ​speaks about ​the generous gift of thirty four Late Antique Coptic textiles ​that ​The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College received ​from ​the Newton collectors Donald and …

Oct 9, 2018

Delightful Surprises: Discovering Art in the Archives

Archives sometimes have the reputation of being dusty and (gasp!) boring, a place where archivists and researchers sort through mounds of paper.