The University Lecture

Since 1950, the University Lecture has offered members of the BU community and the general public an opportunity to hear from distinguished faculty about the outstanding and often groundbreaking research and scholarship in which they are actively engaged.

University Lecturers represent a vast array of disciplines and research topics, yet share a common commitment to excellence in scholarly inquiry and discovery. The annual lecture provides an opportunity to highlight the work of a distinguished scholar and engages both the University community and the broader public in the vibrant intellectual life of Boston University.

To nominate a BU faculty lecturer for this honor, please complete this downloadable form. Nomination forms should be submitted by Friday, April 15, 2012, via email to provost@bu.edu or by mail to the Office of the Provost, One Silber Way, attention PJ Jorgensen. Any questions regarding the Lectureship should be directed to Ms. Jorgensen, who can be reached at 617-353-2230 or pajorg@bu.edu.

Past Lectures

2011

The Wonderful Things of Punt: Excavations at a Pharaonic Harbor on the Red Sea
by Kathryn Bard

2010

Not a Note Too Many: Beethoven, McCartney, & Miles 2010
Presented by Jeremy Yudkin

2009

Aeroecology: The Next Frontier
Presented by Thomas H. Kunz

2008

Biology by Design
Presented by James J. Collins

2007

Illusions of Managing History: The Enduring Relevance of Reinhold Niebuhr
Presented by Andrew J. Bacevich

2006

Blood Wedding: The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in History and Memory
Presented by Barbara Diefendorf

2005

American Bioethics after Nuremberg: Pragmatism, Politics, and Human Rights
Presented by George Annas

2004

Macbeth and the Show of Kings
Presented by William C. Carroll

2003

Crossing the Watershed: Biological and Other Worlds in the Post-Genomic Era
Presented by Charles Delisi