Desert Running, a PB&J Sandwich, and the Future of Food: Robyn Metcalfe at TEDxAustin
Check out this TEDx talk from recent Ph.D. Graduate Robyn Metcalfe:
Upcoming Event: “Sustaining Activism: A Brazilian Women’s Movement and a Father-Daughter Collaboration”
More information on book here
Upcoming LANDMARKS Event – Martin Luther King’s Political Legacies
Upcoming Asian/European Studies Event
Landmark Series: Machiavelli “The Prince” Event a Sucess
Watch the lecture below: Watch this video on YouTube
History Department Cosponsor’s BUAG ‘Teaching the Body’ Exhibition
Teaching the Body: Artistic Anatomy in the American Academy from Copley, Rimmer, and Eakins to Contemporary Artists BUAG Exhibition explores the intersection between art and medicine — January 31 – March 31, 2013 Boston, MA – Boston University Art Gallery at the Stone Gallery (BUAG) is proud to present Teaching the Body: Artistic Anatomy in […]
Professor Schmidt Launches “Persistent Enlightenment” Blog
Professor James Schmidt recently launched Persistent Enlightenment (http://persistentenlightenment.wordpress.com) a blog on the Enlightenment “as historical period and continuing project.” Initial posts have explored the discussion of Diderot in the New York Times, the revised definition of “Enlightenment” in the Oxford English Dictionary, and the implications of Google’s nGram search for work on the history of concepts.
VIDEO: Americans in Paris in the 1920s with Brooke Blower
Brooke Blower, Professor of History at BU’s College of Arts & Sciences, discusses her recent book about Americans in Paris in the 1920s, titled Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture between the World Wars. In the book, she challenges Americans’ notion of ourselves as “innocents abroad” and describes a much more nuanced reality. […]
Machiavelli’s The Prince After 500 Years
Prof. Arianne Chernock on CNN
Prof. Arianne Chernock has a piece published on cnn.com. You can view the full article here