Welcome! Burns Library hosts an array of academic, historical, and cultural events during the academic year, with the aim of showcasing our library's vibrant collections, celebrating achievements of the Boston College community members, and presenting local and international scholarship.
We hope you will join us for one of our many upcoming lectures and events, about which more details may be found below and on the BC Events Calendar. To view recordings of our previous lectures and events, visit our Youtube channel. To join our mailing list, click here.
For information regarding parking and visiting the library, see our Planning a Visit page.
Questions regarding upcoming events should be directed to Caroline Pace, Burns Library Administrative Assistant, at 617-552-3282, or caroline.pace@bc.edu.
Jill Lepore is Professor of American History at Harvard University and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She is a staff writer for the New Yorker and the author of the international bestseller These Truths: A History of the United States (W. W. Norton & Company, 2018), an overview of American history in relation to the values we consider fundamental to this country. She studies the history of evidence, and her work examines inconsistencies in the historical record. Her essays have b
een collected in the book The Deadline, which explores personal and political life in contemporary America. She has won the PEN Award for the Art of the Essay.
Professor Lepore’s most recent book, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution (2025) discusses successful and unsuccessful amendments to the constitution and argues that the Framers did not intend for the Constitution to remain stagnant, “like a butterfly under glass,” but rather that it should be continuously amended and modified. The Clough Center is delighted to welcome Professor Lepore for the Clough Distinguished Lecture. Please join us for a thought-provoking lecture, and the final event of our fall semester.
A complimentary reception will begin at 5:00pm, with Prof. Watson's lecture to follow at 6:00pm. All are welcome.
