Events

Boston College Libraries is collaborating to arrange events, both virtual and on campus, to support research and collegiality within the scholarly community. Additional programs, including a conference, are also forthcoming. To learn more or collaborate on an event, please email librariescatholicresearch@bc.edu.

The Nancy Marzella Annual Lecture on Women and American Catholicism

The Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life partners with Boston College Libraries to sponsor an annual address to examine different aspects of the historical contributions and experiences of Catholic women in the United States. These events will provide opportunities for the Boston College community to engage with and learn from the field’s leading scholars. More information is available on the Boisi Center’s website.

Roundtables

The first in a series of scholarly roundtable discussions, bringing together scholars and archivists, took place in the spring of 2025. Hosted at Boston College, these events provide informal settings for invited researchers and archivists to share works in progress, to identify needs of the scholarly community, and to foster collaboration between individuals and institutions.

Writing Workshops

For the 2025-2026 academic year, Boston College Libraries is organizing a cohort of scholars committed to meeting virtually each month and to reading a work in progress. These works are drafts of either conference papers, articles, chapters, or book proposals. A final workshop, as a capstone event for this inaugural cohort, will take place at Boston College in June 2026.