University Professors Program

745 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

Administration

Sir Hans Kornberg, MA, DSc, ScD, FRS, Director

The University Professors Program (also known as UNI) is a separate College at Boston University that grants bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in fields that combine or bridge established disciplines. Consulting closely with faculty, students design their own cross-disciplinary programs of study.

The distinguished group of faculty who make up the faculty of the University Professors Program have built their own intellectual bridges between various disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. This integrated approach to scholarship is reflected in the courses they teach and in the guidance they offer their students. The University Professors are some of the most distinguished scholars at Boston University, including Nobel Prize winners, and their counsel enables UNI students to get to know leading authorities in many disciplines. All faculty members have joint appointments in one or more School or College in addition to their rank in the University Professors Program.

Program of Study

On admission to the University Professors Program as undergraduates, students are assigned to a faculty advisor who will offer guidance and assistance in the preparation of schedules of academic work that are consistent both with their particular intellectual interests and aspirations and with the requirements of the program.

During the freshman and sophomore years, the student's class schedule is built around core courses in the areas of literature; culture, history, and society; and science. The remainder of the schedule consists of a foreign language course and electives chosen from any School or College of the University. Freshmen are also required to participate in the ID 500 seminar, a year-long course (one credit per semester), as described in the "Freshman and Sophomore Years" section. The core courses, taught by the faculty of the University Professors Program, provide a comprehensive and solid foundation for the independent work of the junior and senior years.

During the junior and senior years, students design a program of study consisting entirely of courses offered in any School or College of the University, which will reflect their intellectual interests. Course selection always takes place in close consultation with the student's faculty advisor. In the senior year, students are required to write and orally defend a Senior Thesis.

Students interested in careers in medicine are encouraged to discuss their plans early in their freshman year with the Preprofessional Advising Office of the College of Arts and Sciences to ensure the compatibility of their academic schedules.

Transfer Students

It is possible for undergraduates in their freshman or sophomore year to transfer into the program. Those students who are interested should contact the program coordinator of the University Professors Program.

Admission

For information on admission to the University Professors Program, see Admissions.

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Policies

Academic Standards

To remain in the program, a student must maintain a 3.50 grade point average from semester to semester.

Incomplete Grades

In certain instances, an instructor may agree to grant an Incomplete (I) grade. In such a case, an Application for Incomplete Grade must be obtained from the instructor. The form must be filled out and signed by both the student and the instructor and stipulates that the course must be completed within one year following the semester in which it was taken. Failure to complete the course requirements within this period will automatically transform the grade into an F.

Honors

Graduation with honors is based on the student's cumulative average and on the final Senior Thesis and oral examination.

The Freshman and Sophomore Years

All freshmen are required to take the following courses:

UNI ID 201–202 Introduction to Literary Study

This year-long sequence centers on the critical study of major texts from the Western literary tradition. These texts invite students, in differing ways, to consider the relationship between language and belief, rhetoric and culture, intention and form. The syllabus includes readings from various periods, traditions, and genres. Students are asked to analyze closely, to write frequently, and to learn multiple ways of responding to W. H. Auden's question: "Here is a verbal contraption; how does it work?" Year-long course. Mehlman, Redford, Warren. 4 cr, each sem.

UNI ID 500 The University Professors Seminar

All incoming students, from freshmen to doctoral candidates, are required to participate in The University Professors Seminar. The seminar meets every week throughout the academic year to consider papers presented by University Professors working across a full spectrum of disciplines. The seminar provides a practical opportunity for incoming students to learn about the academic interests, analytical methods, and current investigations conducted by faculty of the University Professors Program. Students are required to register both semesters. See listing of topics on the web: www.bu.edu/uni. 1 cr, each sem.

Four Semesters of a Foreign Language

Students are required to continue the study of a foreign language beyond the level of minimal reading competence. For students interested primarily in the humanities, a command of two foreign languages, one ancient and one modern, is highly desirable.

Students are also required to take two additional courses in each semester, one of which is drawn from the "Culture, History, and Society" group, and the other from the "Science" section. Individual courses from these categories may be taken either in the freshman or the sophomore years.

CULTURE, HISTORY, AND SOCIETY

UNI ID 203 Ethics and Politics

From ancient Greece to the modern world, the relationships of individuals to one another and to the societies in which they live have often been complex. This course examines some of the ways in which moralists and political philosophers have tried to address such issues as the nature of the just society, the relation of individual well-being to the public good, the ways in which notions of right and wrong can be justified, and the possible conflict between politics and other human activities. Among the authors read are Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hume, Kant, and Nietzsche. Schmidt. 4 cr, 1st sem.

UNI ID 204 Culture and Society

This seminar will make use of the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century social thinkers (such as Marx, Weber, and Durkheim) to undertake a sociological and cultural analysis of some of the central aspects of modern experience and identity, including issues of religion and political culture. Greenfeld, Lindholm. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

SCIENCE

First semester

UNI ID 206 Biomechanics and the Human Machine

Prereq: must be enrolled in the University Professors Program. Our understanding of the functioning of the human body has increased considerably over the last several hundred years. Much of this understanding has been derived from the application of physical and mathematical principles to the body. This course explores how the interplay of physics and mathematics with physiology has yielded insights into the fundamental biological principles. We discuss the essential role of experiments, mathematical models, and machine analogues in the life sciences by focusing on case studies in human biomechanics and neuromuscular control. Collins. 4 cr, 1st sem.

Second semester

UNI ID 207 The Language of Heredity

Prereq: must be enrolled in the University Professors Program. Recent developments in our understanding of the nature of the genetic material, and how it selectively controls a multitude of biological processes, have profound implications not only on the present and future practice of medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology, but also on legal, ethical and moral aspects of society. This course will examine the scientific basis of molecular genetics and will attempt to discuss the societal consequences of that information. Kornberg. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

UNI ID 208 From Alchemy to Quarks

Prereq: open only to students registered in the University Professors Program. This course chronicles the search for the basic building blocks of matter and the rules by which they combine to produce the wonders of nature. We begin with the 19th-century vindication of the Greek notions of atom and element and proceed through a study of the momentous discoveries of the last century, especially those of quantum mechanics and relativity. We shall learn how our growing understanding of atomic and subatomic structure results from a complex interplay between experimental and theoretical research. Glashow. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

Transfer Students

Students may transfer from another School or College of the University, or from another university. Course requirements will depend on the time of transfer and will be determined after discussion with the Director of the University Professors Program.

The Junior and Senior Years

In the junior and senior years, in close consultation with the advisor, students continue to select courses offered both in UNI and in other Schools and Colleges of Boston University. At the start of the junior year, students begin to consider the topic of their Senior Thesis, which will be written over the course of their last year in the program.

During the senior year, the coursework continues to be selected in consultation with the advisor. At this time, an advisory committee is formed to work with the student on the Senior Thesis (UNI DW 401-402, 4 cr, each sem.). This committee consists of the advisor and one or two other relevant faculty members from Boston University, depending on the area of inquiry. The student will meet often throughout the year with the advisory committee and the committee will be present at the oral defense of the Senior Thesis.

In the event that a student chooses or is advised to transfer into another degree program at Boston University or another institution, the student is expected to fulfill the entrance requirements of that program.

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Courses Taught by The University Professors

The faculty of the University Professors Program offer courses designed to provide discussion incorporating themes and ideas from various disciplines. All but the freshman and sophomore core courses are open to students from all departments and Schools of Boston University.

Professor Anthony Barrand

On sabbatical, Semester II, 2007/2008.

UNI HU 311 Stalking the Wild Mind: The Psychology and Folklore of Psychic Phenomena and Extrasensory Perception

A research seminar exploring the implications of and methodologies for investigating phenomena at the threshold of human ability. Topics include extrasensory perception, constraints on the development of human potential, prophetic divination, dowsing, and artistic insight. 4 cr, 1st sem.

UNI HU 340/840 Folk Songs as Social History

Anglo-American folk songs and singing styles as expressions of personal, social, and cultural history. Topics include finding and using regional and thematic song collections, performance of traditional music, and preparation and presentation of song materials in selected projects. Also offered as CAS AN 340 and GRS AN 840. 4 cr, 1st sem.

Professor James Collins

UNI ID 206 Biomechanics and the Human Machine

Prereq: open only to students enrolled in the University Professors Program. Our understanding of the functioning of the human body has increased considerably over the last several hundred years. Much of this understanding has been derived from the application of physical and mathematical principles to the body. This course explores how the interplay of physics and mathematics with physiology has yielded insights into the fundamental biological principles. We discuss the essential role of experiments, mathematical models, and machine analogues in the life sciences by focusing on case studies in human biomechanics and neuromuscular control. 4 cr, 1st sem.

Professor David Fromkin

UNI SS 591 Great Powers in the Middle East

The seminar focuses on the rivalry between the great powers of Europe in the Middle East, commencing in 1798, and on the resolution of these conflicts arising from the peace settlement of 1922, with a special reference to the Suez episode of 1956. Also offered as CAS HI/IR 591. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

Professor Sheldon Glashow

UNI ID 208 From Alchemy to Quarks

Prereq: open only to students registered in the University Professors Program. This course chronicles the search for the basic building blocks of matter and the rules by which they combine to produce the wonders of nature. We begin with the 19th-century vindication of the Greek notions of atom and element and proceed through a study of the momentous discoveries of the last century, especially those of quantum mechanics and relativity. We shall learn how our growing understanding of atomic and subatomic structure results from a complex interplay between experimental and theoretical research. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

UNI NS 100 Physics of the Twentieth Century and Beyond

An historical survey of modern physics, focusing on quantum mechanics and relativity as applied to the microworld (subatomic physics) and the macroworld (the early universe). Covers exotic phenomena from quarks to quasars, from neutrinos to neutron stars. For non-science majors. Also offered as CAS PY 100. 4 cr, 1st sem.

Professor Charles Glenn

UNI ID 564 History of Education

Survey of the history of formal schooling, with special emphasis on developments with a continuing effect on the Western democracies. Students prepare a paper on a topic selected in consultation with the instructor. Also offered as SED AP 620. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

Professor Liah Greenfeld

UNI ID 204 Culture and Society

Prereq: open only to students enrolled in the University Professors Program. This seminar will make use of the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century social thinkers (such as Marx, Weber, and Durkheim) to undertake a sociological and cultural analysis of some of the central aspects of modern experience and identity, including issues of religion and political culture. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

UNI ID 541/543 Seminar on Modernity

May be taken either or both semesters. These seminars look at the phenomenon of modernity from a multidisciplinary point of view. Discussed are the cultural foundations of modernity, specifically and primarily nationalism but also Romanticism, science, and major political ideologies. Also analyzed are modernization and development as studied by the social sciences; modernism and postmodernism in literary and cultural studies; and the nature of man and society in the perspective of modern philosophy. Guest lecturers from relevant departments of the University and other specialists in the Boston area are invited to share their ideas. The details of the year's program depend on the disciplines represented by the participating students, whose individual interests are accommodated as much as possible. Also offered as CAS SO 541, 543. 4 cr, each sem.

CAS SO 437 Seminar: Sociology of Culture

Prereq: junior or senior standing and at least two 300-level sociology courses or consent of instructor. Examines the mutual interdependence between social structure and culture, focusing on the ways in which belief, faith, knowledge, symbol, ritual, and the like both produce and are products of social organization. 4 cr, 1st sem.

Professor Sir Hans Kornberg

UNI ID 207 The Language of Heredity

Prereq: must be enrolled in the University Professors Program. Recent developments in our understanding of the nature of the genetic material, and how it selectively controls a multitude of biological processes, have profound implications not only on the present and future practice of medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology, but also on legal, ethical, and moral aspects of society. This course will examine the scientific basis of molecular genetics and will attempt to discuss the societal consequences of that information. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS BI/CH 422 Biochemistry II

Cell metabolism, with special emphasis on the uptake of food materials; the integration and regulation of catabolic, anabolic, and anaplerotic routes; and the generation and utilization of energy. Lectures include consideration of events in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

Professor Charles Lindholm

UNI ID 204 Culture and Society

Prereq: open only to students enrolled in the University Professors Program. This seminar will make use of the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century social thinkers (such as Marx, Weber, and Durkheim) to undertake a sociological and cultural analysis of some of the central aspects of modern experience and identity, including issues of religion and political culture. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

UNI SS 570 Lovers and Leaders: The Anthropology of Romance and Charisma

Why do people sometimes believe that an individual is god like or uniquely lovable and desirable? This class will use theory from anthropology, sociology, and psychology to discuss this question, dealing with the dyadic idealization (romantic love and "friendship to the death") and idealization of a leader (charisma). Also offered as CAS AN 570. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS AN 290 Children and Culture

Explores the way various cultures shape the lives and social development of children. Topics include cultural concepts of childhood; the acquisition of culture; socialization and moral development; cognition, emotion, and behavior in childhood; children's language and play; and the cultural shaping of personality. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS AN 594 Seminar: Topics in Cultural Anthropology

Prereq: concentration in department or consent of instructor. Selected issues and debates in current anthropology. Three topics are offered during the Spring 2008 semester. Students may take one, two, or three for credit. Section A1: Humans Among Animals. Section B1: Social Movements. Section C1: Culture and Emotions. Considers how anthropology has contributed to the understanding of emotions in humans and where its contributions fit in an interdisciplinary field increasingly dominated by neuroscience. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

Professor Igor Lukes

UNI SS 341 Central Europe

The course focuses on the intellectual, cultural, political, diplomatic, and military history of the region between Germany and Russia known as Central Europe from the end of the Middle Ages to the present. Also offered as CAS HI/IR 341. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

UNI SS 542 The Reemergence of Russia

The course will focus on the disintegration of the old Soviet system and the emergence of new political structures in Russia. It will analyze the careers of Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev, their rivalries, and their attack on the Stalinist and Brezhnevite political, security, and military elites. We will follow the appearance of new political platforms and parties in various parts of Russia. The end of the Cold War will be examined primarily from the perspective of U.S.-Soviet relations. Also offered as CAS IR 542 and CAS PO 556. 4 cr, 1st sem.

UNI SS 543 The Changing Face of Eastern Europe

Since 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Eastern Europe has become the most interesting component of the international political scene and it is unlikely that it will easily slide into obscurity again. This course studies the domestic and foreign policies of Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, and it analyzes the painful disintegration of Yugoslavia. Also offered as CAS IR 543 and CAS PO 557. 4 cr, 1st sem.

UNI SS 546 Power and Legitimacy

This course studies political theories and their role in forging the world of today. Primary sources from Machiavelli to Havel provide the framework for an inquiry into the relationship between power and legitimacy. The course is based on the assumption that the central question of political theory is: "Who is going to rule, and why?" Also offered as CAS IR 546. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

Professor Herbert Mason

CAS HI 486 Islamic History

Examination of major historical forces that determined the growth and character of Islamic civilization from beginnings to modern times. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS RN 341/641 Islamic Mysticism: Sufism

Rise and development of the mystical movement in early Islam; analysis of the thought of leading Sufi brotherhoods, their organization, liturgy, and religious life; the impact of Sufism on classical and postclassical Islam. 4 cr, 1st sem.

Professor Uri Ra'anan

UNI SS 541 Directed Study in Russia's International Policies I

Prereq: consent of instructor. Russian (Soviet and post-Soviet) approaches to international policy (including relations with other former Soviet republics); ideological and practical aspects. The policy-formation process and its machinery; domestic (factional) impact upon that process. Strategic and tactical concepts from Lenin to Putin. The history of interstate (and interparty) relations. Also offered as CAS IR 541. 4 cr, 1st sem.

UNI SS 544 Comparative Political Systems and Foreign Policies

Prereq: consent of instructor. Conflicting concepts of state and nation and the persistence of ethnic conflict. Raison d'état and ideology in international relations. National and territorial aspirations; alliance systems and spheres of influence. Policy formation and decision in closed societies. The democratic approach to decision making: party and electoral systems in the parliamentary form of democracy. Also offered as CAS IR 544. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

UNI SS 545 European Diplomatic History

Prereq: juniors, seniors, and graduate students only. The evolution, function, and interaction of modern East and Central European states. Nationalism as a major factor in European history. National unification and multinational empires. The perception and utilization of options in European diplomacy. The impact of technology and the arts upon policy formation. The emergence of the post-1871 alliance systems and the path to World War I. Also offered as CAS IR 545. 4 cr, 1st sem.

Professor Bruce Redford

UNI HU 541 The Sister Arts

Prereq: juniors, seniors, and graduate students only. This seminar examines how the linked activities of showing and telling, seeing and saying, have preoccupied Western culture since the classical period. We will explore the intimate relations between word and image by concentrating on such subjects as ekphrasis and spatial form. Also offered as CAS AH 598 and CAS EN 594. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

UNI ID 201-202 Introduction to Literary Study I and II

Prereq: open only to students enrolled in the University Professors Program. This year-long sequence centers on the critical study of major texts from the Western literary tradition. These texts invite students, in differing ways, to consider the relationship between language and belief, rhetoric and culture, intention and form. The syllabus includes readings from various periods, traditions, and genres. Students are asked to analyze closely, to write frequently, and to learn multiple ways of responding to W. H. Auden's question: "Here is a verbal contraption; how does it work?" 4 cr, both sem.

Professor James Schmidt

UNI ID 203 Readings in Ethics and Politics

Prereq: open only to students enrolled in the University Professors Program. From ancient Greece to the modern world, the relationships of individuals to one another and to the societies in which they live have often been complex. This course examines some of the ways in which moralists and political philosophers have tried to address such issues as the nature of the just society, the relation of individual well-being to the public good, the ways in which notions of right and wrong can be justified, and the possible conflict between politics and other human activities. Among the authors read are Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hume, Kant, and Nietzsche. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS HI 248 Catastrophe and Cultural Memory

Examines the ways in which catastrophes—both natural and social—enter into cultural memory. Goal is to understand how events that seem to defy comprehension are represented in works of art and given a place in the memory of a culture. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS HI 314/CAS PO 395 The European Enlightenment

Survey of the intellectual and social transformation of Europe from the 1680s to the French Revolution. Readings draw on both eighteenth-century sources (including Voltaire, Diderot, Condorcet, Lessing, Smith, and Hume) and recent work by historians. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS PO 291 Introduction to Political Theory

Examines classic and current views on the nature of authority, liberty, and justice. Topics include civil disobedience, freedom of expression, abortion rights, and affirmative action. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

Professor Rosanna Warren

UNI HU 540 Theory and Practice of Literary Translation

Prereq: competence in a second language. Weekly series of presentations by translators from Boston and elsewhere, open to registered students and to the public. Registered students complete special projects and attend workshops. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

UNI ID 201 Introduction to Literary Study I

Prereq: open only to students enrolled in the University Professors Program. This year-long sequence centers on the critical study of major texts from Western literary tradition. These texts invite students, in differing ways, to consider the relationship between language and belief, rhetoric and culture, intention and form. The syllabus includes readings from various periods, traditions, and genres. Students are asked to analyze closely, to write frequently, and to learn multiple ways of responding to W. H. Auden's question: "Here is a verbal contraption. How does it work?" 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS EN 508 Seminar: Creative Writing, Poetry

Prereq: consent of instructor, to whom a selection of poems must be submitted during the period just before classes begin. Individual conferences. Enrollment limited chiefly to graduate students. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS LF 475 Senior Seminar: French Poetry

Prereq: senior French concentrators only. 4 cr, 1st sem.

Professor Elie Wiesel

UNI HU 572 Literature of Memory III: Faith and Tragedy

Prereq: 400-level course in the humanities or upper-level literature class; preference given to seniors and graduate students; no WebReg; stamped approval from the instructor's office required. From antiquity to modern times, writers have tried to capture what is essential in human nature by composing tragedies. What defines tragedy? How does the tragic form provide occasions for ethical examination? We will explore tragic literature from Sophocles to Miller and from Shakespeare to Shaw, as well as theories of tragedy from Aristotle to Brecht. Also offered as CAS RN 577 and STH TS 863. 4 cr, 1st sem.

UNI HU 573 Literature of Memory IV: Hope and Despair in Chasidism

Prereq: 400-level course in the humanities or upper-level literature class; preference given to seniors and graduate students; no WebReg; stamped approval from the instructor's office required. The Chasidic revolution, originating in Eastern Europe, altered the course of religious history by introducing radically innovative models of spiritual life that remained grounded in classical Jewish tradition. This course will constitute an exploration of the central tension in the movement between the Chasidic emphasis on joy and the experience of despair. How does one find hope in desperate times? How do fundamental principles impact a community's ability to generate constructive belief in the face of anguish? We will examine the ways in which some of the great Jewish religious figures of the 18th and 19th centuries negotiated choices surrounding faith and melancholy, dealt with the temptation to despair, and fostered hope among others. Also offered as CAS RN 578 and STH TS 870. 4 cr, 1st sem.

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Faculty

Asterisk (*) denotes on leave for one semester. Two asterisks (**) denote on leave for one year.

*Anthony G. Barrand

University Professor; Professor of Anthropology. BA, Keele University (England); PhD, Cornell University

Alicia Borinsky

Fellow of The University Professors; Professor of Spanish, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. MA, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Aram V. Chobanian

President Emeritus of the University; University Professor; John I. Sandson Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences, and Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine; former Provost, Boston University Medical Campus. AB, Brown University; MD, Harvard Medical School

James J. Collins

University Professor; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Co-Director, Center for BioDynamics, College of Engineering. AB, College of the Holy Cross; PhD, University of Oxford (England)

Richard H. Egdahl

University Professor; Alexander Graham Bell Professor of Health Care Entrepreneurship; Professor of Management; Professor of Surgery and Public Health. BA, Dartmouth College; MD, Harvard Medical School; PhD, University of Minnesota

Howard Eichenbaum

University Professor; Professor of Psychology; Chairman, Psychology Department. BS, PhD, University of Michigan

David Fromkin

University Professor; Professor of International Relations, History, and Law; Director, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. BA, JD, University of Chicago; Postgraduate Diploma in Law, University of London (England)

Sheldon Glashow

University Professor; Arthur G. B. Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Science in the Department of Physics. AB, Cornell University; AM, PhD, Harvard University

Charles Glenn

Fellow of The University Professors; Dean ad interim, School of Education; Professor of Education in Administration, Training, and Policy Studies. AB, Harvard College; PhD, Boston University

Liah Greenfeld

University Professor; Professor of Political Science and Sociology; Director, Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

James Johnson

Fellow of The University Professors; Associate Professor of History; Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Oklahoma; MA, PhD, University of Chicago

Sir Hans L. Kornberg

University Professor; Professor of Biology. BSc, PhD, University of Sheffield (England); MA, DSc, University of Oxford (England); ScD, University of Cambridge (England)

Charles Lindholm

University Professor; Professor of Anthropology. BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University

Igor Lukes

University Professor; Professor of History and International Relations. BA/MA, PhD, Universita Karlova (Czech Republic); MALD, PhD, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Herbert Mason

University Professor; William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of History and Religious Thought; Professor of History and Religion; Director, Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations. AB, AM, PhD, Harvard University

Jeffrey Mehlman

University Professor; Professor of French, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. BA, Harvard College; PhD, Yale University

Uri Ra'anan

University Professor; Professor of International Relations; Director, Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy. MA, MLitt, University of Oxford (England)

Bruce Redford

University Professor; Professor of Art History and English. BA, Brown University; BA, King's College, University of Cambridge (England); PhD, Princeton University

Stanley H. Rosen

University Professor; Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy. BA, PhD, University of Chicago

James W. Schmidt

University Professor; Professor of History and Political Science. BA, Rutgers University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

John Silber

President Emeritus, Boston University; University Professor; Professor of Law, School of Law; Professor of Philosophy and International Relations. BA, Trinity University; MA, PhD, Yale University; LLD (hon.); LHD (hon.)

H. Eugene Stanley

University Professor; Professor of Physics and Physiology; Director, Center for Polymer Studies. BA, Wesleyan University; PhD, Harvard University

Lawrence Sulak

Fellow of The University Professors; Professor of Physics. BS, Carnegie Mellon University; AM, PhD, Princeton University

Rosanna Warren

University Professor; Emma Ann MacLachlan Metcalf Professor in Humanities; Professor of English and Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. BA, Yale University; MA, Johns Hopkins University

*Elie Wiesel

University Professor; Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Philosophy and Religion. Hon.KBE, LittD (hon.), Jewish Theological Seminary; LHD (hon.), Hebrew Union College, Boston University, Brandeis University, University of Notre Dame

University Professors Emeriti

Peter L. Berger

University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Theology; Director, Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs. BA, Wagner College; MA, PhD, New School for Social Research

Rodolfo Cardona

University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. BA, MA, Louisiana State University; PhD, University of Washington

D. S. Carne-Ross

University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of Classics and Modern Languages. BA, MA, University of Oxford (England); MA, Cornell University

Gerald Fitzgerald

University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of English and Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. AB, AM, PhD, Harvard University

Geoffrey Hill

University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of Literature and Religion; Co-Founder, Editorial Institute. MA, University of Oxford (England); DLitt (hon.), University of Leeds (England)

Alberto de Lacerda

University Professor Emeritus of Poetics and Comparative Literature; Institut Français (Portugal), British Institute (Portugal)

Norman Lichtin

University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. BS, Antioch College; MS, Purdue University; PhD, Harvard University

Claudio Véliz

University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of History. BSc, University of Florida; PhD, London School of Economics, University of London (England)

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