Internship Opportunity
The Japan Information & Culture Center (JICC), Embassy of Japan is seeking unpaid, part to full-time interns (12-35hrs/week) for Fall 2013. Internship start/end dates and hours are customized with the academic schedule of the chosen candidate. (Download informational pdf for JICC Internship) The JICC is a part of the Public Affairs sectionof... More
Prof. Wiebke Denecke thanks BUCSA
Prof. Wiebke publishes volume on the Long History of the Concept of “Literature” in Japan, a conference volume on the changing faces of the concept of “literature” in East Asia and Japan, edited by Wiebke Denecke (BU, MLCL) and Kimiko Kono (Waseda University, Director of the Institute of Japanese Classics, More
Outgoing VC of LUMS: A job well done
He sits in his office among books about nature and environment. This man got pavements along the campus broken to grow grass and go green. He offered his students bicycles in exchange for their cars parked in the university’s parking lot. He has criticised on-campus politicking and supported the rule of... More
ANNOUNCEMENT: The NEW Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation/ACLS Program in Buddhist Studies
Offered in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the grants reflect the Foundation’s belief in Buddhism’s relevance to contemporary issues. The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to announce The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation/ACLS Program in Buddhist Studies, a new initiative supporting research and teaching... More
STUDENT NEWS: Recent graduate Aaron Sinift’s work in India with khadi jholas featured in CFA’s Esprit
To a weaver in India, the citizen artist is the painter whose commission keeps him employed Excerpt. Read the full story @ Esprit At seven, Aaron Sinift (’02) told his mother, “Someday, I’m going to change my name to Harry Whitecloud and travel to India.” When he finally made the trip at... More
FACULTY NEWS: Merry White, Professor of Anthropology at Boston University, receives the Order of the Rising Sun
Press Release April 29, 2013On April 29th, the Japanese Government announced that the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, will be conferred upon Ms. Merry White, Professor of Anthropology at Boston University, in recognition of her significant contributions to the development of Japanese studies and the... More
ANNOUNCEMENT/EVENT: College of Communication Names Jeremy Page of The Wall Street Journal the 2013 Hugo Shong Journalist of the Year
Award Ceremony Friday April 26 Trustees Ballroom One Silber way, 9th Floor Boston UniversityTo RSVP for luncheon attendance, please contact Ms. Lisa Cohen, Office the Dean, College of Communication: lisann@bu.edu Penning a series of exclusive reports at the heart of China’s biggest political story in decades, The Wall Street Journal‘s Jeremy Page broke open an... More
FACULTY NEWS: Rob Weller, BU China anthropologist, recipient of 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship
BUCSA is delighted to announce that Robert Weller, Chair of the BU Department of Anthropology, and an expert in Chinese and Taiwanese anthropology, is the recipient of a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for 2013. Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship... More
EVENT REVIEW: BU at the National Chinese Language Conference
From April 7-9 2013, the National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC), which is "dedicated to encouraging dialogue in the field of Chinese language education and ensuring wide-scale success," had their 6th annual conference in Boston. Boston University took part in two panels at the Conference. The first was entitled Next Steps for... More
EVENT: BU-India Symposium (5/10/2013)
Why India? Consider that India, with 50% of its 1.2 billion people under 25 years of age, is estimated to be one of the youngest populations by 2020, where the average age will be 29 years compared with 37.5 in the US and China, 42 in Europe and 48... More
