Sassan Tabatabai Wins Persian Translation Prize
Congratulations to Sassan Tabatabai, Master Lecturer in World Languages & Literatures and Core Curriculum, on his Lois Roth Persian Translation Prize! Tabatabai won the prize for his translation of Sadeq Hedayat’s Blind Owl. Read more about the prize and Tabatabai’s work here.
Associate Director Margarita Guillory Featured in ArtxSciences Magazine
“You miss something when you do not incorporate [in your research] the ways in which these innovative technologies are impacting our lives, whether it’s from a philosophical standpoint, whether it’s from a religious standpoint, whether it’s from a sociological, economic, or political standpoint,” Guillory says. And the crux of technology and Black esoteric spirituality has […]
BU Faculty Receive NEH Awards
The National Endowment for the Humanities recently announced $33.8 million in grants for 260 humanities projects across the country. Two BU professors received National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship awards for the 2024-2025 cycle. Congratulations to Joseph Rezek, Associate Professor of English and Director of AMNESP, and to Yuri Corrigan, Associate Professor of Russian & […]
BU Humanists at Work: Zsuzsanna Várhelyi, Associate Professor of Classics
Associate Professor of Classics Zsuzsanna Várhelyi first became interested in history when she found herself in the middle of it. When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Várhelyi was living in communist Hungary, and she recognized the impact of the moment. “It really brought home how much people’s lives are shaped by history,” she […]
Center Launches Digital Humanities Initiative with Reception
On Thursday, November 9, 2023, the Center welcomed over thirty faculty members, administrators, graduate students, and undergraduates to Building Bridges: Connecting the Humanities and Technology. Attendees represented many departments and programs as well as schools and colleges. Conceived as a meet and greet, the crowd enjoyed lively conversation over refreshments and took full advantage of […]
BU Humanists at Work: Petrus Liu, Associate Professor of Chinese & Comparative Literature and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Associate Professor of Chinese & Comparative Literature and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Petrus Liu can’t imagine studying literature in just one language. Over the course of his career, Liu has picked up German, Latin, Thai, and Japanese in addition to Chinese and English, and each has proved itself “full of wonders.” Liu encourages his […]
BU Humanists at Work: Darien Pollock, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
“I think a lot of students would benefit from taking just one philosophy course,” says Assistant Professor of Philosophy Darien Pollock. “They would see that things that you think have to be true don’t have to be.” Darien Pollock was once one of those students. As an undergraduate at Morehouse College, Pollock felt disillusioned with […]
Director Floyd Quoted on Bill Banning Weaponized Robots
The Boston Globe recently reached out to Center Director Juliet Floyd for her opinion on a proposed Massachusetts bill that would ban the sale and operation of weaponized robots. Read the full article here.
Director Floyd Interviewed on Artificial Intelligence
Bostonia released an interview with Center Director Juliet Floyd, exploring why it may be time to slow the development of artificial intelligence. “AI can’t solve all our moral problems with algorithms, and it creates new problems. I strongly support further, intensive research into AI generally; in fact, I believe we need it desperately, and in […]
Education for All: A Q&A with Professor Cathie Jo Martin
Political scientists don’t usually pay much attention to novels, but that’s the first place Professor of Political Science Cathie Jo Martin turned when she began research on public education in Denmark and England that forms the core of her new book, Education for All?: Literature, Culture and Education Development in Britain and Denmark. Martin embraced […]