Author: Shawn Provencal

Survey Results: The Evolving Role of the Language Resource Center

Thank you to all who completed our recent survey. A digest of our work was presented recently at the NERALLT Spring Mini-Conference at Connecticut College, in a panel entitled “The Evolving Role of the Language Resource Center.” A more detailed presentation is available below, and the survey results can be found at tinyurl.com/geddes2019.

Translation Seminar 2001

We’ve updated the Seminar in Translation page to include the archive of lectures from 2001.  These include: Ron Jenkins – Laughing Hieroglyphs – Translating Dario Fo [01-26-2001] Will Waters – What is Lost There – Reading, Translating and Comparative Literature [02-02-2001] Zhu Hiong on Su Xiaokang’s Memoir of a Misfortune [02-09-2001] Michael Heim – Free […]

Spring Faculty Showcase

Dear Faculty Colleagues: Happy Spring! We invite you to attend our main event for the semester, the Spring Faculty Showcase on Wednesday, April 18 at 1:15 PM in Geddes. This event features four projects in instructional design by faculty in languages as indicated on the attached flyer. It is a good opportunity to learn from […]

Fall 2017 Video Acquisitions

Here is a list of titles that were added to the Geddes catalog between September 1, 2017 and January 18, 2018. Chinese CH 8.568 Out of Phoenix Bridge CH 8.569 Last Train Home CH 8.570 Disorder CH 8.571 Three Sisters CH 8.572 Hooligan Sparrow CH 8.573 Petition, Crime and Punishment, Paper Airplane CH 8.574 Meishi […]

Website update

On January 3, 2018, we launched a minor update to the Geddes website. The new site is optimized to allow for phone and tablet users to navigate the site. While most of the content has not changed, some pages have been moved for better organization. Please check any links to the Geddes site that you […]

2017 Translation Seminar Lecture Series

The complete series of the 2017 Seminar in Literary Translation Lectures are now available at our CAS event recordings resources page. A direct link to the series (1978-2017) can be found here: https://www.bu.edu/geddes/events/translation/.  In addition to the 2017 offerings, Geddes has added lectures from the mid-1990s to the website during the Spring 2017 semester.  

Seminar in Translation 2016

The ongoing lecture series “Theory and Practice of  Literary Translation” for 2016 have been posted online. The lectures are avaiulable to anyone with a BU username and Kerberos password, and include: Christopher Ricks – Beckett’s Translating Himself [01-29-2016] Lawrence Venuti – Translating J.V. Foix’s Daybook 1918 – The Strangeness of Minority [02-19-2016] Virginia Jewiss – This […]

Summer Newsletter

We hope your summer is going well! Please find the Geddes summer newsletter attached here.  Inside you can learn about Technology Mini-Grants, WikiSpace, DIll, MyGeddes reservations and more… As always, we’re available throughout the summer for one on one training sessions, and consultations. We look forward to seeing you soon! – The Geddes Language Center […]

Spring one-on-one training sessions

The Geddes Staff will be available by appointment from January 5 through the start of classes (and beyond!) for one on one training consultations. If you’re on campus, or just have some free time, come see us! Some popular training topics include: Using Dill, the digital language lab, for assignments or oral exams Creating a Blackboard […]