Authors on the Hill

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  "Authors on the Hill" presents: Professor Karen Guth

  Karen Guth

  Professor Karen Guth of the Religious Studies Department at the College of the Holy Cross presents her book The Ethics of Tainted Legacies: Human Flourishing after Traumatic Pasts (Cambridge University Press in 2022), theorizes “tainted legacies” as a pressing moral problem and explores the ethical ramifications of engaging religious, political, and cultural traditions tarnished by the traumas of slavery, racism, and sexual violence.

  The book received the 2023 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies from the American Academy of Religion.

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  "Authors on the Hill" presents Professor Elizabeth Spragins

  Elizabeth L. Spragins

  Professor Elizabeth Spragins of the Spanish Department at the College of the Holy Cross presents her book A Grammar of the Corpse: Necroepistemology in the Early Modern Mediterranean (Fordham University Press, 2023), which examines the literary and epistemological role of the corpse in accounts of the battle of al-Qasr al-Kabir (1578).

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  Authors on the Hill presents: Jeremy Murphy

  Jeremy Murphy

  Jeremy Murphy, Assistant Professor in the Edication Department at the College of the Holy Cross, discusses his book "Instructional Moves for Powerful Teaching in Higher Education." The book is based on work conducted through the Instructional Moves project at Harvard University and serves as a toolkit for post secondary instructors to cultivate safe, inclusive learning spaces and improve teaching.

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  Authors on the Hill Presents: Xu Xi

  Xu Xi

  Xu Xi, Jenks Chair in Creative Writing at the College of the Holy Cross, reads from and discuss her book "Monkey in Residence & Other Speculations," a hybrid speculative collection of stories and essays. During today’s lecture, Xu Xi will describe how such a collection comes together as well as discuss how the political changes in Hong Kong and China of the last few years influenced her own editorial shift towards speculative writing.

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  Authors on the Hill Presents: Professor Lee Oser--Old Enemies

  Lee Oser

  Professor Lee Oser of the English Department at the College of the Holy Cross discusses the challenges faced by the satirist in this contemprary age and reads from his latest novel, Old Enemies. This work of satire, influenced by his Catholic faith and Christian humanism, examines current ideologies as well as major cultural events of the past few years with insight and humor.

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  "Authors on the Hill" presents: Prof. John Little

  John B. Little

  Join Professor of Mathematics John Little for the "Authors on the Hill" campus lecture series. Professor Little will discuss his recent translation of "Geometria Practica" by the preeminent Jesuit mathematician Christopher Clavius, SJ. The event is hosted by the Holy Cross Libraries, and will be in the Levis Browsing Room of Dinand Library on Wednesday, March 2 at 4:30pm.

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  "Authors on the Hill" presents: Prof. Victor Matheson

  Victor A. Matheson

  Professor Victor Matheson of the Economics department at the College of the Holy Cross discusses his book, "The Economics of the Super Bowl: Players, Performers and Cities."

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  "Authors on the Hill" presents: Professor Oliver de la Paz

  Oliver de la Paz

  Professor Oliver de la Paz of the English department at the College of the Holy Cross reads from and discusses his book, "The Boy in the Labyrinth," finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award: Poetry, and shares some of his other works as well.

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  "Authors on the Hill" presents: Professor Mark Freeman

  Mark Freeman

  Professor Mark Freeman of the Psychology department at the College of the Holy Cross reads excerpts from his book Do I Look at You with Love: Reimagining the Story of Dementia (Brill, 2021). "Do I look at you with love?" were the words uttered by his mother when she learned, once again, that he was her son. This book explores the experience of dementia as it transpired during the course of the final twelve years of her life, from the time of her diagnosis until her death in 2016 at age 93. As a longtime student of memory, identity, and narrative, as well as the son of a woman with dementia, Prof. Freeman had a remarkable opportunity to try to understand and tell her story. Part narrative psychology, part memoir, part meditation, Freeman’s moving story is emblematic of nothing less than the bittersweet reality of life itself.

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  "Authors on the Hill" presents: Professor Alvaro Jarrín

  Alvaro Jarrin

  Professor Alvaro Jarrín of the Anthroplogy/Sociology Department at the College of the Holy Cross presents his book, The Biopolitics of Beauty: Cosmic Citizenship and Affective Capital in Brazil. (University of California Press, 2017). He examines how beauty became an aim of national health in Brazil and using ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Brazilian hospitals, shows how plastic surgeons and patients navigate the public health system to transform beauty into a basic health right.

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  "Authors on the Hill" Presents: Professor Ji Hao

  Ji Hao

  Professor Ji Hao of the World Language, Literature and Culture Department at the College of the Holy Cross presents his recent article, “A Newly Discovered Song Sculpture at the Worcester Art Museum in the United States and Its Relationship with Xiyou ji Stories” which was recently published in The Journal of MingQing Fiction Studies, (2):153-175.

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  "Authors on the Hill " Presents Prof. Giovanni Spani

  Giovanni Spani

  Professor Giovanni Spani of the World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department at the College of the Holy Cross will present his work on Dante's Florence, a multimedia educational app for Android and iOS.

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  “Authors on the Hill” Presents Prof. Jorge Santos

  Jorge Santos

  Join Professor Jorge Santos for a reading and discussion of his recent publication, “Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement: Reframing History in Comics.”

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  "Authors on the Hill" Presents: Professor Melissa Schoenberger

  Melissa Schoenberger

  Join Professor Melissa Schoenberger of the English Department at the College of the Holy Cross, for a reading and discussion of her recent publication, “Cultivating Peace: The Virgilian Georgic in English, 1650-1750."

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  "Authors on the Hill" Presents: Professor Stephanie Reents

  Stephanie Reents

  Professor Stephanie Reents of the English Department at the College of the Holy Cross discusses her publication, "I Meant to Kill Ye."

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  "Authors on the Hill" Presents: Jonathan Mulrooney

  Jonathan Mulrooney

  Professor Jonathan Mulrooney of the English Department at the College of the Holy Cross discusses his publication, "Romanticism and Theatrical Experience: Kean, Hazlitt, and Keats in the Age of Theatrical News."

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  "Authors on the Hill" Presents: Professor Ellis Jones

  Ellis Jones

  Professor Ellis Jones of the Sociology Department at the College of the Holy Cross discusses his publication, "The Better World Shopping Guide."

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  "Authors on the Hill" Presents: Professor Lee Oser

  Lee Oser

  Professor Lee Oser of the English Department at the College of the Holy Cross discusses his novel, "Oregon Confetti."

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  "Authors on the Hill" Presents: Professor Susan Amatangelo

  Susan Amatangelo

  Professor Susan Amatangelo discusses her publication, "Italian Women at War: Sisters in Arms from the Unification to the Twentieth Century."

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  "Authors on the Hill" Presents: Professor Predrag Cicovacki

  Predrag Cicovacki

  Professor of Philosophy and O’Leary Research Fellow Predrag Cicovacki of the Philosophy Department discusses his recent publication, "Gandhi's Footprints."

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  "Authors on the Hill" presents: Professor Gareth Roberts

  Gareth Roberts

  Mathematics professor Gareth Roberts discusses his recent publication, "From Music to Mathematics: Exploring the Connections."