Archived Grant Awards
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021Ěý
Meghan Sweeney
50th Anniversary of PULSE Program for Service LearningĚý• $20,000
Joseph Nugent
Flann in the World: VI International Flann O'Brien ConferenceĚý• $25,000
Jeremiah McGrannĚý
BEETHOVEN IX •Ěý$25,000
Rhonda Frederick
Claudia Rankine,ĚýCitizen: An American LyricĚý• $25,000
Jeremiah McGrann
Beethoven's String Quartets • $21,330
Andrea Vicini
Conference Reimagining the Moral Life of Lisa CahillĚý• $10,000
Prasannan Parthasarathi
Rethinking South Asia: From Colony to Global GiantĚý• $25,000
Shawn Mc Guffey
From Black Talent to African & African Diaspora Studies: 50 Years of Black Studies at Boston CollegeĚý• $10,000
John Christianson
Neuroscience in the Liberal ArtsĚý• $21,115
Judith McMorrow
International Human Rights PracticumĚý• $5,000
Nadia Abuelezam
Critical race dialogues at Boston College: So You Want to Talk About Race?Ěý• $11,480
Anjali Vats
Communication and Media Studies Scholars for ChangeĚý• $18,000
Erik Owens
Global Citizenships: Past, Present and FutureĚý• $25,000
Richard Kearney
Guestbook Project Symposoium • $15,000
Christopher Kelly
Conference on Honorable Ambition: The Teaching and Scholarship of Robert FaulknerĚý• $10,000
Michael Russell
Designing an Anti-Racist/Anti-Oppression/Decolonized Research Methodology ProgramĚý• $15,733
Owen Stanwood
Early AmericasĚý• $9,000
ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020Ěý
Meghan Sweeney
50th Anniversary of PULSE Program for Service LearningĚý• $20,000
Jeffrey Cooley/David Vanderhooft/Michael Simone, SJ
The Spirit of Scholarship: Biblical and Mesotamian Studies in the Roman Catholic AcademyĚý• $25,000
Jeremiah McGrannĚý
BEETHOVEN 2020Ěý•Ěý$25,000
Rhonda Frederick
Claudia Rankine,ĚýCitizen: An American LyricĚý• $25,000
Phil Landrigan/Andrea Vicini, SJ
Ethical Challenges in Global Public HealthĚý• $10,000
Cristiano Casalini/Dennis Shirley
The Challenge of Formative Education: Mapping the TerrainĚý• $20,000
Prasannan Parthasarathi
Rethinking South Asia: From Colony to Global GiantĚý• $25,000
Stefano AnzellottiĚý
What constitutes intelligence?Ěý• $25,000
John Christianson
Neuroscience in the Liberal ArtsĚý• $21,115
Marcus Breen
Media-Technology Nexus: Chinese Culture and SocietyĚý• $15,000
Ling Zhang
Conference: Problematizing Chinese Food: Politics, Economy, Ecology, and CultureĚý• $25,000
Karl Baden
When Everyone is a Photographer: Street Photography, Freedom of Expression and the Right to Privacy In the Age of the Smartphone and Mass SurveillanceĚý• $4,500
Erik Owens
Global Citizenships: Past, Present and FutureĚý• $25,000
Richard Kearney
Narrative Peace PedagogyĚý• $15,000
C. Shawn Mcguffey
Race, Violence and TraumaĚý• $25,000
Owen Stanwood
Early AmericasĚý• $9,000
ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-2019
Robert Savage, History
1968 Making Memory, History, Story, Image • $9,550
Tiziana Dearing, Youth & Family
with Ruth McCoy, Teresa Schirmer & David Tekeuchi
Race, Place, Poverty and Outcomes- Exploring Intersectional Social, Economic, and Environmental Equity (RISE3) • $16,500
Richard Albert, Law
with Ryan Williams (Law)
Amending America's Unwritten Constitution • $24,725
Jenna Tonn, History
with Kathryn Lindsey, Sarah McMenamin & Emily Prud'homme
Women in STEM • $23,605
Owen Stanwood, History
Early Americas Seminar • $9,000
Ralk Gawlick, Music
Tadeusz Kantor—A Brief Topography of Representation • $7,075
Robin Lyndenberg, English
with Ash Anderson
Carrie Mae Weems: Strategies of Engagement • $25,000
Erick Owens, Theology
Global Citizenships: Past, Present and Future • $20,175
Scott Fitzgibbon, Law
Saint Alberto Hurtado Studies • $25,000
Catherine Cornille, Theology
Comparative Theology and Atonement • $11,000
Andrew Prevot, Theology
Memory, Freedom, and Solidarity: Celebrating the Work of M. Shawn Copeland • $16,635
Irene Mizrahi, Romance Language and Literatures
Review of Ethics and Criticism in Spanish Studies • $5,000
Sylvia Sellers-Garcia, History
Ghost Writers • $5,000
James Smith, English
Transitional Justice and Irish Studies: Knowledge, Truth and Legacy • $25,000
Sheila Gallagher, Fine Arts
Mysticism, Metaphor and Making • $22,000
Shih-Yuan Liu, Chemistry
16th Boron Chemistry Meeting in the Americas • $4,000
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ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-2018
Ralf Gawlick, Music
with Claude Cernuschi (Art History), Sarah Ross (History), Rachel Freudenburg (German Studies), Mark Ludwig(Music)
Lecture-concerts, master classes, other class visits • $9,575
Min Song, English
Three-day residency for writer Viet Thanh NguyenĚý• $25,000
Owen Stanwood, History
Early Americas Seminar Series • $8,400
Martin Summers, History
with Karen Miller (History), Carlo Rotella (English), Anjali Vats(Law School)
Second biannual revival of “Blacks in Boston” Conference • $15,530
Natana Delong-Bas, Theology
with Kathleen Bailey (Political Science), Erik Owens (Boise Center)
Conference of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, on the topics "Islam in the Post-Obama Era" • $7,500
Paul Wilford, Political Science
with Susan Shell (Political Science), Julian Bourg (History), Douglas Finn (Theology), Jon Burmeister (Philosophy).
Two-day conference on political, religious, moral, and theoretical progress in the work of Immanuel Kant • $22,124
Erik Owens, Theology
with Mark Massa (Theology)
Conference: "Land o’ Lakes at 50: The State of Catholic Higher Education" • $10,000
James M. O’Toole, History
with other members of History Department.
Seventh Biennial Boston College Graduate Conference on the History of ReligionĚý• $7,975
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Eileen Sweeney, Philosophy
Concert and panel discussion to commemorate the 500thĚýanniversary of the Protestant reformation • $11,667
Brian Gareau, Sociology
with Franziska Seraphim (History)
Support to develop a new introductory course for International Studies majors that will also be a Complex Problem course • $3,000
Richard Kearney, Philosophy
2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for Ricoeur StudiesĚý
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Zine Magubane, Sociology
Year-long reading/discussion group of faculty and graduate students on Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory • $11,000
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-2017
Anjali Vats, Communucation
with Alfred Yen, Law School; Martin Summers, History
Conference on Critical Race Intellectual Property • $33,250
Ling Zhang, History
with David Mozina, Theology
New Englange Regional Conference for the Association of Asian Studies • $25,000
Prasannan Parthasarathi, History
with Ling Zhang, History; Penelope Ismay, History; Robin Fleming, History; Juliet Schor, Sociology; Brian Gareau, Sociology; Susanto Basu, Economics; Peter Ireland,ĚýEconomics
Conference on Economic History in the Anthropocene • $22,911
Gustavo Morello, Sociology
with James Keenan, Jesuit Institute; Ernesto Livon-Grosman, Romance Languages & LiteratureĚý
Funding for a program focused on religion in Latin AmericaĚý• $17,050
Peter Krause, Political Science
with Ali Banuazizi, Political Science; Kathy Bailey, Political Science
Funding for the Northeast Middle East Politics Working Group • $16,850
Andrew Prevot, Theology
with Vincent Lloyd, Syracuse University, Department of Religion; M. Shawn Copeland, Theology
Symposium on Antiblackness and Christian Ethics • $13,328
Cynthia Simmons, Eastern European Studies
Funding for the speaker series "Faith Communities: Fostering Civil Society During/After Conflict • $13,250
Nancy Netzer, Fine ArtsĚý
Three-day symposium "Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections" • $12,000
Kristin Heyer, Theology
Conference on public theology in honor of Professor David Hollenbach • $10,873
James Keenan, Jesuit Institute
with Christopher Staysniak, Graduate Student
Interdisciplinary conference on "Catholic Peacemaking: Creative Responses to the Globalization of Indifference" • $8,450
Joseph Nugent, English
with Stephanie Leone, Fine Arts; Robin Fleming, History
One-day colloquium on 3-D imaging and immersive technology • $8,420
Vanessa Rumble, Philosophy
One-day workshop on love, loss and transference in Lacan.Ěý• $7,675
Yonder Gillihan, Theology
Funding for the second year of the Maccabees Project Dialogue Series • $6,400
ACADEMIC YEAR 2015-2016
Thomas Oboe Lee, Music
with faculty from Law, Theology, History, and Fine Arts
Funding for Concert Program featuring work by Ď㽶Đă faculty composers and alumnus • $4,500
Eileen Sweeney, Philosophy
with Boyd Coolman, Theology; Steve Brown, Theology; Robert Stanton, English; Eric Weiskott, English; Robin Fleming,ĚýHistory
Conference on Anselm of Canterbury • $14,000
Richard Albert, Law School
with Ali Banuazizi, Political Science; Owen Stanwood, History
Conference on “The Age of Revolution: Political Revolutions and Revolutionary Politics” • $24,725
Prasannan Parthasarathi, History
with Ling Zhang, History; Penelope Ismay, History; Robin Fleming, History; Juliet Schor, Sociology; Brian Gareau, Sociology; Susanto Basu, Economics; Peter Ireland,ĚýEconomics
Conference on Economic History in the Anthropocene • $22,911
Paul Lewis, English
Interdisciplinary course on “Boston: History, Literature, and Culture I-II” • $5,000
Mary Cronin, Information Systems
Planning for Interdisciplinary Minor, “Managing for Social Impact and the Public Good” • $7,500
James O'Toole, History
Funding for the sixth biennial Boston College Conference on the History of Religion • $7,600
Michael Noone, Music
Funding for week-long residency for Ensemble Plus Ultra • $20,000
Ralf Gawlick, Music
Funding for programming related to string quartet exploring issues of memory, identity, and Kurdish ethnicity • $20,000
Yonder Gillihan, Theology
Funding for Maccabees Project: Dialogue Series • $10,250
Brian Gareau, Sociology
Funding for events related to the Pope’s encyclical on the environment in fall, 2015 • $25,000
David Hollenbach, S.J., Theology
Funding to bring Michael Delaney of Oxfam to co-teach course on Human Rights, Humanitarian Crises, and Refugees • $6,750
ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014
Kathleen Bailey, Political Science
with faculty from Law, Theology, History, and Fine Arts
Funding for project on Empowering the Women of Afghanistan through Education and Islamic Teachings. $17,500
Pamela Berger, Fine Arts; and Dana Saijdi, History
Funding for music programming in connection with an interdisciplinary course on the art, history, and poetry of the Islamic, Jewish, and Christian cultures of al-Andalus. $3,200
Jeremy Clarke, History; Sheila Gallagher, Fine Arts; Patricia Riggin, Theater; and Vlad Perju, Law School
Interdisciplinary project Ěý“China Watching,” amount to be determined.
Lisa Cuklanz, Communications
with Annabel Martin, Dartmouth College; MariaJesus Pando, University of Deusto, Maria Pilar Rodriguez, University of Deusto
Project on visual culture, media, and gender. In 2013 offering a three-day symposium on visual culture and gender focused on film and news media in international contexts. $20,000
David Deese, Political Science
with Jennifer Erickson, Political Science, and faculty from Economics, Law, Sociology, Theology, History
Continued funding for the project on human development, including lunch seminars on the state, society, and culture in development and a one-day colloquium with speakers from the Boston area. $14,700
Elizabeth Graver, English
with Regine Jean-Charles, Romance Languages and Literatures and AADS; Rhonda Frederick, English and AADS
Final year of funding for a three-day residency in creative writing, to bring Edwidge Danticat to give a reading and work with students. $25,000
Sandra Hebert, Music
working with Honors Program faculty
Second year of funding for the Callithumpian Consort in residence, $24,500. Core students in the residency. Otherwise, this is an excellent proposal that we’re happy to fund.
Michael Noone, Music
with Bridget Burke, University Librarian for Special Collections, and T. Frank Kennedy, the Jesuit Institute
Support for collaboration with Boston College Libraries to record a CD of and prepare pedagogical materials for a music manuscript, Morales’sĚýMissarum LiberĚýin Burns Library. Will bring the Ensemble Plus Ultra to campus and will involve students in the project. $25,000
Joseph Nugent, English/Irish Studies
with Marjorie Howes, English, and Christopher Boucher, English
Continued funding for the Boston area Joyce Forum events including theĚýFinnegans Wakereading group Ěýand an annual Boston area Joyce Symposium. $13,500
James O’Toole, History
Support for fifth biennial Boston College conference on the History of Religion. $7,704
Evangeline Sarda, Law School
with faculty from the Graduate School of Social Work and Lynch School of Education
Continued funding of course on Public Interest Leadership, Law, and Social Justice at Boston College as well as a workshop on Authority, Leadership, and Social Justice. We’re happy to provide continued funding, a total of $7,000, for those efforts.
Owen Stanwood, History
with David Quigley, History; Paul Lewis, English; andĚý
Carlo Rotella, English
Funding for field trips and other activities for a new year-long team-taught course on “Boston: History, Literature, and Culture.” $12,300
ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-2013
John Sallis, Philosophy
Conference in connection with the McMullen Museum exhibit, "Paul Klee: Philosophical Vision," October 17-19, 2012
C. Shawn McGuffey, Sociology, and Rhonda Frederick, English
Darfuri Research Workshop: Trauma, Law and Social Justice
Rosanna DeMarco, Nursing, and Thanh Tran, GSSW
Interdisciplinary evidence-based bilingual HIV prevention project in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for undergraduates
Andrea Staiti, Philosophy
Workshop on Edmund Husserl, Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and a Phenomenological Philosophy
Fabio Ghironi, Economics
Continuation (final year) of International Economic Policy and Political Economy Seminar
Michael Noone, Music
Continuation (final year) of residency for Blue Heron Renaissance Choir
Ralf Gawlick, Music
Partial funding for composition and performance of song cycle based on the writings of artist Kathe Kollwitz in connection with possible future McMullen Museum exhibit of her works.
Sandra Hebert, Music
Residency for Callithumpian Consort, in connection with Paul Klee exhibit at the McMullen Museum
Sarah Ross and Virginia Reinberg, History
Interdisciplinary workshop on early modern artifacts, 1400-1800.
David Deese, Political Science, and faculty from Economics, Sociology, Law, and Theology
Continuation of collaboration on global human development
Joseph Nugent, English and Irish Studes
Boston Joyce Forum events, including a symposium on Joyce and technology
Amy Boesky, English, James Keenan, Theology, Cathy Read, CSON
Interdisciplinary symposium on Genetics, Narrative, and Identity (fall of 2013)
ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012
Fabio Ghironi, Economics
Continuation of International Economic Policy and Political Economy Seminar, $14,000Ěý
Michael Noone, Music
Celebration of Tomas Luis de Victoria, $25,000
Michael Noone, Music; and Matilda Bruckner, Romance Languages and Literatures
Blue Heron Renaissance Ensemble in residence, one week, $12,500ĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚý Ěý
Jean-Luc Solere, Philosophy
Digitization of primary sources related to medieval and renaissance intellectual history, $4,500Ěý
Stephanie Berzin, Graduate School of Social Work; Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, GSSW; and James Weiss, Theology
“Social Innovation Symposium” for A&S Capstone students
Jeremy Clarke, S. J., History
Continued programming related to the “Binding Friendship” exhibition, $6,000
David Deese, Political Science
Conference on International Development: seed money to fund a planning group to better organize a proposed conference, $1,000
Elizabeth Graver, English
Three-day residency for Junot Diaz, $17,500Ěý
Paul Lewis, English
“Forgotten Chapters of Boston Literary History” exhibit at the BPL, $13,400
Michael Malec, Sociology
Conference on Athletics and the Academy, $8,000Ěý
Marina McCoy, Philosophy and Kalpana Seshadri, English
Continuation of seminar on race, social justice, and ethics, $3,000
Joseph Nugent, Irish Studies, English
Boston Joyce Forum Events, $10,500
Vanessa Rumble, Philosophy
Conference on trauma, $12,500
Evangeline Sarda, Law SchoolĚý
Speakers on public interest law (toward starting a program in public interest law), $3,600
Robert Savage, History with Richard Kearney and Sheila Gallagher
Three linked undergraduate courses on “narrative exchanges across borders,” $1,500 for a web assistant
Robert Savage, History
Editorial assistance for Eire-Ireland journal and Rural Ireland exhibit catalogue
Kalpana Seshadri, English; and Kevin Newmark, Romance Languages and Literatures
Seminar on Derrida and deconstruction for faculty and graduate students, $2,500