Autumn Knight Recap
On April 9, the African American and Black Diaspora Studies Program hosted performance artist Autumn Knight at the Howard Thurman Center. Her performance, entitled Nothing #35, centered around the lively reading of her list that explored “dolce far niente” (the sweetness of doing nothing) and attention economies. As promised, her incorporation of anecdotes about her […]
Uncovering BU History Abroad with Prof. Becker
Featuring our very own Prof. Becker, read the full article here. “When History of Art & Architecture Chair Professor Cynthia Becker received an invitation to teach at the University of Naples, she didn’t expect to discover a piece of Boston University history abroad: a decades-long collaboration between professors of the two universities, largely unknown on […]
June 2023 HERS Leadership Institute Cohort
Sixty emerging higher education leaders from across the United States will participate in the June 2023 cohort of the HERS Leadership Institute, hosted on the Bridgewater State University campus in Massachusetts. Our very own professor, Dr. Margarita Guillory, is a part of this cohort! HERS (Higher Education Resources Services) hosts three cohorts of the HERS […]
Upcoming Event: Race, Prison, Justice Arts Spring 2023 gallery
Tuesday, May, 2 at 4 PM, Race, Prison, Justice Arts is hosting a series of artistic reflections and performances in response to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists through direct engagement, conversation, and collaboration! It will be located in the College of Fine Arts Room 106, 855 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 The Race, Prison, Justice […]
Upcoming Event: Ur Tournament at the HTC
On April 11 at 6:00 PM, the Howard Thurman Center and Grammy Award Winning Rap Artist Lupe Fiasco are hosting a tournament for the oldest game in the world, Ur. The Royal Game of Ur is the oldest known board game, first played in Mesopotamia over 4,000 years ago. It’s a two-player board game that combines strategy, […]
Upcoming Event featuring Dr. Chude-Sokei
The Favorite Poem Project and the BU Jewish Cultural Endowment Present: Favorite Passages from the Old Testament: A Hebrew Bible Reading April 14, 2023 at 7:00 PM Leventhal Auditorium 233 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215 Featuring: Robert Pinsky, Erika Meitner, Alicia Ostriker, Philip Schultz, Louis Chude-Sokei, Karl Kirchwey, Natalie Shapero, Susan Mizruchi, Jean Morrison, […]
The 11th Annual Sedgwick Lecture with Professor Heather Love
Boston University Sedgwick Lecture with Dr. Heather Love To Be Real: The Passion of the Self in Queer Writing March 30, 2023 at 5pm The Howard Thurman Center 808 Commonwealth Avenue Brookline, MA 02446 There will also be a post-lecture lunch discussion with Professor Love for undergraduate and graduate students on Friday, March 31, at […]
Event series featuring Brazilian poet & performer Ricardo Aleixo
Don’t miss this three-part event series with Brazilian poet & performer Ricardo Aleixo next month! There will be a live poetic performance by him, a screening of his audiovisual work, and a meeting with students. All three events are free and open to the public. About Ricardo Aleixo Ricardo Aleixo was born in 1960 in […]
Upcoming Event: The 2023 Silas Peirce Lecture
On Beethoven, Blackness, and Belonging: Debating German Music Across the Black Atlantic Kira Thurman (Associate professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures and History, University of Michigan) Date & Time: February 13, 2023 at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 Co-sponsored by BU CAS, BU CFA, and BU Arts Initiative. […]
Upcoming Event: Reggaetón Scholarship Today
Join us for a Round Table of 3 Reggaetón-based presentations moderated by Professor Michelle Birenbaum Quintero and given by Wayne Marshall (Berklee College of Music), Petra Rivera-Rideau (Wellesley College) and Marina Arias Salvado (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). When: November 21, 2022 at 6pm Location: TBD Does Reggaetón Owe Reggae Money? – Wayne Marshall […]