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 (February 3 through March 1)
Friday, February 3
- 12:00 PM
Europe, Religion, Integration: A Lecture by Olivier Roy
Please join us for a lecture by Olivier Roy. Roy is Professor of Social and Political Theory at the European University Institute, a Senior Researcher at the French National Centre
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Saturday, February 4
- 8:00 AM
Diversity and Inclusion: Challenges and Solutions. French and American Perspectives (Harvard University)
“Diversity and inclusion: challenges and solutions. French and American perspectives” is the first student-led symposium on Diversity organized by the HKS Francophile Club and HKS Vice-President of
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Sunday, February 5
- 10:00 AM
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Coolidge Corner Theatre)
You are invited to attend a stunning performance of this French opera by Jacques Offenbach, recorded live in November 2016 in the Paris Opéra.
About the opera: Left unfinished when
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- 4:00 PM
The Musical Europe: 1500-1700 (Sanders Theatre)
The universally celebrated virtuoso Jordi Savall brings his world-famous ensemble Hespèrion XXI back to the BEMF concert stage. One of the giants of Early Music, Savall directs a consort of […]
Tuesday, February 7
- 5:00 PM
Letters to a Jewish Muse: The Life of Vladimir and Véra Nabokov as Literature and History
The captivating story of Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) and Véra Nabokov (née Slonim, 1902-1991)—a story of love, marriage and mutual enrichment—begins in Berlin in the early 1920s and
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Wednesday, February 8
- 12:30 PM
Around Reason Feeling - Edgar Allan Poe and Fernando Pessoa
The Saab-Pedroso Center for Portuguese Culture and Research and the Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for the Public Humanities present a lecture by Prof. Margarida Vale de Gato, University of […]
- 6:00 PM
Drawing: Medium, Discourse, Object (Harvard Art Museums)
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, this lecture will consider the key aspects of the process of drawing’s emergence into modernity and will […]
Thursday, February 9
- 4:00 PM
State Regulation in Competitive Markets: A Lecture by Vadim Radaev
How, why and under what circumstances does the state undertake measures to increase regulation of industry? Who initiates this process and how are the regulatory steps and procedures developed? The
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- 4:15 PM
The Legacies of French Slave-Ownership, or the Long Decolonization of Saint-Domingue (Center for European Studies, Harvard)
Speaker: Mary D. Lewis, Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, & Co-Chair, New Directions in European History Study Group, CES, Harvard University.
After
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Friday, February 10
- 12:00 PM
Europe in the Age of Popular Nationalism: A Lecture by Erik Jones
The British referendum taught us that integration can go in reverse, that member states participate by choice, and that nationalism remains a potent force in European affairs. The challenge this
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- 6:00 PM
AFBU Movie Night: 9 Month Stretch
Join AFBU students for their first Movie Night of the year in the French House. They will be watching the movie “9-month stretch” (In french 9 mois ferme) starring Sandrine […]
Monday, February 13
- 2:30 PM
Mapping and Unmapping Jewish History in Early Modern Bibles
BUJS Forum and Scripture and the Arts Talk with Jeffrey Shoulson
Thursday, February 16
- 12:00 PM
Emigrant Dreams, Immigrant Borders: Migrants, Transnational Encounters, and Identity in Spain
The Center for the Study of Europe and the Forced Migration and Human Trafficking Initiative (FMHT) present a lunch talk with Raquel Vega-Durán, Associate Professor of Spanish at Claremont McKenna
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- 6:00 PM
The Two Cultures in Renaissance Europe (Lectures in Criticism)
Lectures in Criticism 2016 - 2017 presents a lecture by Anthony Grafton, Princeton University.
- 7:30 PM
The Honey Trap by Leo McGann, directed by Adam Kassim
A BU New Play Initiative production co-produced by Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences | By
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Saturday, February 18
- 11:30 AM
Russia and the Arab World: Reading by Alexandra Chreiteh
Novelist Alexandra Chreiteh reads from and discusses her 2009 novel, Ali and His Russian Mother, in Arabic and English. Buffet Lunch and a Q&A moderated by Margaret Litvin. Event takes […]
Tuesday, February 21
- 4:15 PM
What Can’t Happen Here? European Historical Perspectives on Current American Politics (Center for European Studies, Harvard)
Since the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States, a cottage industry of political classification and comparison has emerged. Terms like “fascism,” […]
Wednesday, February 22
- 4:15 PM
Reviving the Promise of Prosperity in the EU (Center for European Studies, Harvard)
SPEAKER: Henning Meyer, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Social Europe; Managing Director, New Global Strategy; Research Associate, Public Policy Group, London School of Economics and Political Science; John F. Kennedy […]
- 6:00 PM
The Path to Brexit: Economics, Politics, and the Legal Road Ahead.
Join the BU International Affairs Association, the Undergraduate Economics Association, Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair, Daniela Caruso, and Economics Professor Geoffrey Carliner for a discussion about the […]
- 7:30 PM
Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre presents MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | Directed by Stephen Pick | In William Shakespeare’s delightful farce, Hero and her fiancé, Claudio, […]
Thursday, February 23
- 4:15 PM
The Future of European Political Debate: Some Lessons from France (Center for European Studies, Harvard)
Speaker: Emile Chabal, Chancellor's Fellow in History, University of Edinburgh.
At a time of profound political uncertainty across the Western world, what tools do we have to analyze the shape
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Friday, February 24
- 2:15 PM
Does Material Hardship Affect Political Preferences? It Depends on the Political Context (Center for European Studies, Harvard)
Speaker: Charlotte Cavaillé, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Georgetown University
To what extent does material hardship affect political preferences? Charlotte Cavaillé argues that
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Saturday, February 25
- 7:00 PM
Irène and Francis Jacob in concert (at the Providence Art Club)!
When she is not busy being featured in the Showcase series The Affair or earning top honors at Cannes for her role in La Double Vie de Véronique, Irène Jacob […]
Tuesday, February 28
- 2:15 PM
Varieties of European Women's Movements? (Center for European Studies, Harvard)
European women's and feminist movements reflect European (and world) history, along with cultural and political differences. The mobilization of women and feminists in Europe has been shaped by colonialism and […]
Wednesday, March 1
- 6:00 PM
King Lear and the Double Bind: A Lecture by Christopher Ricks
Join us for a lecture by Christopher Ricks, William M. and Sara B. Warren Professor of the Humanities at Boston University. Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities, the […]