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 (September 19 through October 4)
Monday, September 19
- 12:00 PM
Pardee Faculty Book Talk: Professor Cornel Ban
Join us for a Pardee Faculty Book Talk with Cornel Ban, Assistant Professor of International Relations at BU's Pardee School of Global Studies and author of Ruling Ideas: How Global
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- 5:30 PM
TALK! Writings: Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet (Carpenter Center)
In conjunction with the exhibition Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet: Three Works and film series at the Harvard Film Archive, CRC/bookshop hosts our latest book event. Writings by Jean-Marie Straub
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- 6:30 PM
An Evening with Ambassador Alain Briottet (French Cultural Center)
Join former Ambassador and Consul General of France in Boston Alain Briottet for a talk on his latest book. Sine Die recalls his father's life as a prisoner during World […]
Tuesday, September 20
- 5:45 PM
Center for Beethoven Research: Symposium on Beethoven’s Piano Sonata, OP. 31 No. 2 “Tempest”
The Center for Beethoven Research presents a discussion and performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata OP. 31 No. 2 "Tempest" led by Peter Sykes.
Wednesday, September 21
- 5:00 PM
Religious Practices and the Formation of Subjects (IPR Lecture Series)
Kevin Schilbrack, Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy & Religion, Appalachian State University. With Responses by Thomas A. Lewis, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Religious […]
- 5:30 PM
Ciné-Club de l'Alliance: Mommy (Xavier Dolan)
Mommy, by Xavier Dolan, is an award-winning film about a widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, who finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their
Thursday, September 22
- 4:00 PM
Back to the UK: Graduate Studies in London Information Session
Discover how you can gain your Master’s degree in a year, or a PhD degree in 3 years from world leading universities, and gain an international experience which will set […]
- 5:30 PM
Writing the Limits, the Limits of Writing: A talk by Mauritian Writer Ananda Devi on the role and responsibility of the writer in the world
“When an author decides to write about violence, there is always the danger that the author herself or the reader or both fall under the seduction of violence, and that,
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- 6:30 PM
Presidential Elections in France and the U.S.
Join the discussion on the parallels between French and American presidential elections with experts in the field. Panelists will share their views on the current situations and then engage in […]
- 7:00 PM
Crossing the Sea - Why Refugees' Fate Concerns All of US
Award-winning Die Zeit reporter Wolfgang Bauer accompanied Syrian refugees in their hideouts in Egypt, on boats across the Mediterranean, on the streets of Europe. In his book, Crossing the Sea: […]
Friday, September 23
- 12:00 PM
Beyond the Headlines: NATO, the EU, and Russia
Join us for a panel discussion with Krzysztof Szczerski, Vesko Garcevic, and Igor Lukes (moderator) on the emerging geopolitical situation in Europe. Will new security threats in Europe save NATO?
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- 8:00 PM
A Far Cry: Memory (at NEC's Jordan Hall)
A Far Cry's Jordan Hall season opener is a no-holds-barred love-fest celebrating our last ten years. Featuring the presence of many of our former members, a throwback to our very […]
Saturday, September 24
- 5:30 PM
Bulgarian Voices: Magical Mythology and Folklore from Eastern Europe
Please join us for refreshments, food, music and discover ancient Bulgarian myths, legends and folklore. Roneesa-Aveela present the inspiration behind their books.
- 6:30 PM
French Film Screening: Nous Trois ou Rien (2015)
From a tiny village in Southern Iran to the deprived inner-city of Paris, French stand-up star Kheiron tells the story of the unusual destiny of his parents Hibat and Fereshteh, […]
- 9:00 PM
Crossroads Presents: Selah Sue (at Brighton Music Hall)
Belgian singer Selah Sue blends soul, hip-hop, funk, and reggae into a heady genre-bending mix. Her self-titled debut album went multi-platinum in Europe and led to an opening set for […]
Tuesday, September 27
- 2:30 PM
Beyond Sartre and Adorno: Jean Améry's Radical Questioning of Jewish Identity and Philosophy in the Aftermath of the Shoah (BUJS Forum)
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of Jean Améry's "At the Mind's Limits." In this collection of essays about his experience in Auschwitz, he questions the value and possibility of Jewish […]
- 6:00 PM
In the European Night: Will the Union Survive? A Lecture by Franco "Bifo" Berardi
Join us for a lecture by cultural agitator, media activist and transdisciplinary philosopher Franco "Bifo" Berardi. Berardi is an Italian Marxist theorist and activist in the autonomist tradition. His
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Wednesday, September 28
- 1:00 PM
Trump, Brexit, and the Future of the Nationalist Populism in the US and Europe (Center for European Studies, Harvard)
In recent years, nationalist and populist politics have been on the rise in the United States and Europe. From Donald Trump to the Brexit campaign, calls for curbing immigration, limiting […]
- 8:15 PM
French Film Screening: "La Glace et le Ciel" (Ice and the Sky) (2015) (Kendall Square Cinema)
Ice and the Sky focuses on French glaciologist Claude Lorius’s discovery of climate change in the Antarctic ice fields in the 1950s. This film looks back on six decades of […]
Thursday, September 29
- 4:30 PM
The Warming Arctic: Site of a New Cold War (MIT Starr Forum)
Center for International Studies (CIS) at MIT presents a roundtable with Marlene Laruelle, Kenneth Yalowitz, and Lawrence Susskind. Event will explore the geopolitical implications of the thawing Arctic. The speakers […]
- 5:00 PM
Portuguese Fado: Two Hundred Years of a Musical Genre (UMass Lowell)
The UMass Lowell Saab-Pedroso Center for Portuguese Culture and Research, in partnership with the College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and the departments of Music and World Languages […]
- 6:00 PM
Quo Vadis, Europe? A Lecture by Joachim Fritz-Vannahme
Joachim Fritz-Vannahme, director of the think tank Europe’s Future at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, discusses the future of Europe, what “Europe” means, and what its next steps ought to be. These
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Saturday, October 1
- 8:00 PM
World Music/CrashArts presents: The High Kings in Concert (at Somerville Theater)
The High Kings is an Irish supergroup made up of Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey, and Darren Holden. Versatile and skilled multi-instrumentalists, they perform new songs as well as […]
Monday, October 3
- 5:00 PM
Lecture on L'Etranger by Alice Kaplan (MIT)
Albert Camus's L'Etranger has been a best-seller for so long, we forget it was ever anything else. But literary classics are made, not born: though The Stranger was a book […]
Tuesday, October 4
- 12:00 PM
EMU - Quo Vadis? A Lunch Talk with Servaas Deroose
Join us for a lunch discussion with Servaas Deroose, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General Economics and Financial Affairs (ECFIN), European Commission. Servaas Deroose has been Deputy Director-General at
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