Join us for Revolutionary Voices: Victory over the Sun (04/23/15)
Victory over the Sun Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 7:30 PM Boston University Photonics Center 8 St. Mary’s Street, Room 206 (MBTA Green Line “B” to BU Central or “C” to St. Mary’s St.) Free and open to the public | Reception & book-signing to follow Few theatrical creations of the 20th century are as […]
Join us on April 9th at 5pm for Our 2015 “Sushi Lecture” “Howard Zinn in Japan: Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, and Solidarity in Hiroshima”
Ann Sherif, Professor, East Asian Studies Program, Oberlin College April 9, 5pm 745 Commonwealth Avenue STH B19 Sushi Reception to Follow In 1966, historian Howard Zinn and Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee member Ralph Featherstone were invited to participate in anti-Vietnam War teach-ins in cities all over Japan by Tsurumi Shunsuke, Oda Makoto and other antiwar […]
Join us on Thursday March 19th for “Dissidence in Turkey; Elections and the Struggle for Political Legitimacy”
Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 3:30-5:00pm 121 Bay State Road, First Floor Sinan Ciddi is an expert on Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy. He obtained his Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2007 in the field of Political Science. Dr. Ciddi is also a teacher and researcher […]
Join us for “Zahhak: A Play from Shahnameh” on March 22
BU Japanese Alumni Publish Kahoku Shinpo Articles
Seven alumni of the BU Japanese program have translated articles describing the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. The articles originally appeared in Kahoku Shinpo (a daily newspaper published in Sendai). The volunteer translators were Marli Gordon, Steven Kroman, Jenna Moriwaki, Margaret Ngo, Ben DeTora, Samik Sikand, and Aurora Tsai. The first five translations were […]
The Chinese Policitical Novel by MLCL’s Catherine Yeh on Sale Now!
Harvard East Asian Monographs 380 The Chinese Political Novel Migration of a World Genre Add to Cart Product Details HARDCOVER $59.95 • £44.95 • €54.00 ISBN 9780674504356 Publication: April 2015 Available 03/23/2015 The political novel, which enjoyed a steep yet short rise to international renown between the 1830s and the 1910s, is primarily concerned with […]
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Boston Experimental Theatre Present: “Shahnameh, The Persian Book of Kings” March 19
‘Moral Injury & Muhammed’s Cartoons’ Thinking Reparatively with Eve Sedgewick on March 5 Venue Change
Please note that there has been a change of venue for the Fifth Annual Sedgwick Lecture with Saba Mahmood next Thursday, March 5. The lecture will now be held in the Photonics Building (8 St. Mary’s Street) in room 206. It will begin 30 minutes later than previously announced, at 5:30. Please help us […]