Calendar
On our calendar you’ll find a selection of Europe-related events in and around Boston. The calendar includes events organized by the Center for the Study of Europe at Boston University and by other departments on campus, as well as a some off-campus events of possible interest. You can narrow the selection by clicking the appropriate topic (e.g., “Center for the Study of Europe Events”) under Event Topics below.
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All Topics (March 3 through April 9)
Saturday, March 29
- 8:00 PM
Film Screening with music: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
The Seraphim Singers and organist Peter Krasinski present the landmark 1928 French silent film "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc," starring Renée Falconetti and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Organ […]
Sunday, March 30
- 3:30 PM
Film Screening: The Last of the Unjust
At the center of The Last of the Unjust is Benjamin Murmelstein. A rabbi in Vienna following the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938, Murmelstein fought bitterly with Adolf […]
Monday, March 31
- 8:00 AM Building on 150 Years: The Future of National Banking (Center for Finance, Law & Policy event)
- 2:00 PM
Building Local and Regional Climate Change Resilience (Brandeis University)
To Transition is a verb indicating the movement of a community from an unsustainable and brittle state to a state of sustainability and resilience. Communities must do this in the
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- 5:00 PM
Mois de la Francophonie!
L'Association Francophone de Boston University's (AFBU) event to celebrate "la francophonie". Light refreshments will be served.
Tuesday, April 1
- 8:00 PM
Concert: Caravan Palace (Paradise Rock Club)
Celebrated worldwide for its central role in pioneering electro-swing, this hot Parisian six-piece band has brought the traditional sounds of Gypsy jazz to the modern-day dance floor. With influences as […]
Wednesday, April 2
- 11:00 AM
Pessoa and Shakespeare by George Monteiro (UMass Lowell)
The Saab-Pedroso Center for Portuguese Culture and Research, in partnership with the departments of English and Cultural Studies, invites you to a talk on Pessoa and Shakespeare by George Monteiro, […]
- 4:15 PM
The 2014 Erasmus Lectures: "'The Indies Lost, Diastrous Cost': The Netherlands and American Foreign Policy in Indonesia's Decolonization" (Center for European Studies, Harvard)
Frances Gouda, Erasmus Lecturer on the History & Civilization of the Netherlands & Flanders, Harvard University
- 5:00 PM
Eastern Europe! Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region That Helped Shape the World and Still Does (Harvard Business School)
Presentation by Tomek Jankowski, author of Eastern Europe! Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region That Helped Shape the World and Still Does (New
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- 7:00 PM
Jenny Erpenbeck reads from Aller Tage Abend (Goethe Institut Boston)
Winner of the prestigious Hans Fallada Prize and a bestseller in Europe, The End of Days by acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck offers a unique view on twentieth-century German history.
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Thursday, April 3
- 12:00 PM
Women in Red: Socialist Internationalism and Global Feminism during the Cold War (Davis Center, Harvard)
This talk explores the specific connections between the Committee of the Bulgarian Women's Movement and socialist women's organizations and movements in Africa between 1968 and 1990. Speaker(s): Kristen Ghodsee is […]
- 6:00 PM
European Voices: A Reading and Conversation with German author Jenny Erpenbeck
Join us for a reading and conversation with Jenny Erpenbeck. One of German’s rising literary stars, Erpenbeck was born in East Berlin in 1967. Her grandfather, grandmother and father were
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Friday, April 4
- All Day
Film Screening: "On My Way" with Catherine Deneuve (Kendall Square Cinema)
In On My Way Deneuve gives a subtle yet commanding performance, tender and generous, as former beauty queen Bettie, owner of a struggling restaurant in a small town in Brittany, […]
- 1:00 PM
Pinning Down the Beetle: Kafka and Beyond with Susan Bernofsky
BU's Translation Seminar presents Susan Bernofsky. Bernofsky directs the literary translation program at the Columbia University School of the Arts. Her translations include seven works of fiction by the great […]
Saturday, April 5
- 8:00 PM
Film Screening with music: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
The Seraphim Singers and organist Peter Krasinski present the landmark 1928 French silent film "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc," starring Renée Falconetti and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Organ […]
Monday, April 7
- 4:00 PM
Concert: Jasna Djuran: Dodola (Berklee College of Music)
Serbian-born vocalist Jasna Djuran presents a musical journey from contemporary music to traditional Balkan sounds.
- 7:30 PM
Film Screening: "Imagine" (Belmont World Film 2014)
IMAGINE directed by Andrzej Jakimowski (Poland/Portugal/France/UK; in English, French, Portuguese & German)
- 8:00 PM
Hector Berlioz Grande messe de Morts Op. 5 | Boston University Symphony Orchestra & Symphonic Chorus
Conducted by Ann Howard Jones. Christopher Hutchinson, tenor. $25 General Admission. Free with BU ID.
Tuesday, April 8
- 4:00 PM "The Other as Myself: Empathy and Power" | Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury (Tanner Lectures at Harvard University)
- 4:15 PM
The Future of Europe with Bruno Maçães, State Secretary for European Affairs, Portugal
Please join us for a lecture and conversation with Bruno Maçães, State Secretary for European Affairs in the Portuguese government. Maçães will offer a Portuguese perspective on
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- 5:30 PM
Corporate Transparency in the EU: Disclosures on a Country-by-Country Basis (Fletcher School)
Michelle Kosmidis, EU Fellow, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
- 6:00 PM
The Ghetto in Lodz: 1939-1944 (Brandeis University)
Lecture by Professor Antony Polonsky: “Lodz: A Jewish City” | Yiddish songs composed in the Lodz Ghetto performed by Sophie Michaux (mezzo soprano), Elias Rosemberg (tenor), Eugenia Gerstein (piano), Susanne […]
Wednesday, April 9
- 4:00 PM "Myself as Stranger: Empathy and Loss" | Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury (Tanner Lectures at Harvard University)
- "Myself as Stranger: Empathy and Loss" | Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury (Tanner Lectures at Harvard University)
- 4:15 PM Citizens of a Fictional Nation: Ottoman-born Jews in France during the First World War (Center for European Studies, Harvard)