Ambassador of Greece to the US and Consul General of Greece in Boston Guest Lecture in Modern Greek Course
Our Modern Greek Program participated for the second consecutive year in BU Global Programs’ International Education Week. On October 30, 2020 Her Excellence the Ambassador of Greece to the United States Mrs. Alexandra Papadopoulou and the Consul General of Greece in Boston Mr. Efstratios Efthymiou were guests of honor in the course CG350 “Narratives of Resistance from Greece: […]
Seth Schein
Friday, November 13, 2020 Seth Schein, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature from University of California Davis, led a discussion-based lecture on Zoom to about 25 classicists last Friday. The discussion focused on Schein’s commentary of Homer’s Iliad, specifically lines 1.188 to 1.253. This event was part of the lecture series on Myth & Religion in […]
New Course Spotlight: CG101
Photo above by Jorge Gaitis, from the 2014 Summer Study in Greece program. Get a taste of Greece! In Spring 2021, Classical Studies will be running a new course, CG 101 (Modern Greek Language, Culture, and Literature), which immerses students in a vibrant and exciting world culture. If you have ever been curious about Greece, […]
BU Alumnus, Steven Smith, wins 2020 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit
Steven Smith, Professor of Comparative Literature at Hofstra University and alumnus of the PhD program at Boston University (2004), has won the Society of Classical Studies’ highest award for publication, the Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit. His winning title is Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture: Gender, Desire and Denial in the Age of Justinian (Cambridge University […]
Gorefest!
Friday, October 30, 2020 The Undergraduate Classics Association (UCA) and the Department of Classical Studies hosted the 5th annual Gorefest! – A reading of Greek and Roman tragedy, but this year it was held virtually! More than 60 professors and students gathered on Zoom to celebrate Halloween, and read tragic stories from The Odyssey, Metamorphoses, […]
Emily Greenwood
Monday, October 26, 2020 Emily Greenwood, a Professor of Classics and (by courtesy) of African American Studies at Yale University gave a lecture titled “Black Classical Philology: Writing back to a deadly metaphor in Aristotle’s Politics I.” This lecture was the second event in our 2020 lecture series, Black Classicism – Moving Forward, presented by […]
Margaret Malamud
Monday, October 22, 2020 Margaret Malamud a Professor of Ancient History and Islamic Studies at New Mexico State University gave a lecture titled “‘Her brown hands bore me alabaster Smooth’: Sculpting Cleopatra in Stone and Word. Malamud is the author of the book African Americans and the Classics: Antiquity, Abolition, and Activism. This lecture was the […]
Incubating the Mirror
Friday, November 22, 2019 College of Fine Arts, Boston University Our program in Modern Greek Studies hosted a performance featuring mezzosoprano Lea Luka Sikau, guitarist Jérôme Mouffe, and current Modern Greek students, entitled “Incubating the Mirror.” Sikau and Mouffe performed music and our students read self- written poetry around the theme of “Mirrors at the […]
Martha Graham Dance Company
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Boston University Dance Theater The Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC) gave a stunning lecture- demonstration to over 200 audience members on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. The lecture included archival footage of the Company’s repertoire and a discussion led by Janet Eilber, the Artistic Director of the MGDC. Two of the Company’s […]
2020/2021 Eleni Gatzoyiannis Scholarship Application Open
Application Deadline: May 1, 2020 Eleni Gatzoyiannis Scholarship Application 2020/2021 Boston University is currently accepting applications for the 2020-2021 Eleni Gatzoyiannis Scholarship through May 1, 2020. The scholarship is available to fulltime undergraduate and graduate students of Greek birth or ancestry who have completed at least one semester at Boston University, are in good academic […]