October 3, 2019 | Forum: Can We Talk? Dialogue and Debate in the Contemporary Academy
With Forum 2019, we will take the opportunity to look inward at one of the biggest challenges facing universities today: the problem of honest discussion within our own institutional borders. In seeking a topic that would serve our own Boston University community we recognized that no subject was of greater moment than the challenge of […]
Reflection: Christine D’Auria on Working at the Center as Graduate Program Intern
This summer, I am working at the Center for the Humanities as a program intern, assisting with the broad range of operations that constitute the life of the Center. In this evolving position, my duties have included producing and editing copy, managing application procedures, assisting in the production of the Center’s newsletter and publicity materials, […]
Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age Book Publication Will Bring Together Essays from Forum 2017
Our Forums are ongoing intellectual enterprises that will shape and contribute to programming and scholarship for years to come. Consequently, the Center is pleased to announce a forthcoming publication that brings together revised essays from participants in Forum 2017, edited by Center Director Susan Mizruchi. Like the Forum, the book, slated to be published by Palgrave […]
Community Feature: Karen Krolak’s Dictionary of Negative Space
Karen Krolak was one of the artists who participated in the art show hosted in conjunction with Forum 2018: Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis. She showed a pocket version of her Dictionary of Negative Space. This piece brought together some of the entries from her larger project in an effort to shed light on some […]
2018/2019 Student Award Winners Announced
Each year, the Boston University Center for the Humanities gives awards ranging from $1,500 to $7,000 to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in the Humanities. The achievements of these students will be celebrated at our annual Student Awards Ceremony at 11 a.m. on May 14, 2019 at 1 Silber Way, Trustee Center Ballroom, 9th floor.
2019/2020 Graduate Dissertation Fellows Announced
Each year, the Boston University Center for the Humanities awards dissertation fellowships to outstanding doctoral candidates in the Humanities nearing the end of their graduate work at BU. Along with our Faculty Fellows, Dissertation Fellows participate in our Fellows Seminars and are eligible to receive office space at the Center’s suite. The Center is pleased […]
Department of Linguistics Announces New Graduate Certificate Programs
The Boston University Department of Linguistics will begin offering two Graduate Certificates in the Fall 2019 semester: the GRS Graduate Certificate in Linguistics and the MET Graduate Certificate in Linguistics. Interested students can find application information and details about the certificates on the Department of Linguistics website.
BU Folger Institute Consortium Membership
Thanks to Boston University’s membership in the Folger Institute Consortium, BU faculty and graduate students are eligible for priority consideration in admission and for grants-in-aid to cover admission, travel, and housing expenses related to research undertaken at the Folger Institute. There are opportunities for people working in a wide range of disciplines. Please visit the […]
A Celebration of Humanities Journals
On February 5, 2019, the Center cosponsored with the Office of the Associate Dean of Faculty/Humanities “A Celebration of Boston University Humanities Journals.” The event featured a panel of editors representing six nationally celebrated Humanities journals, all of which are associated with BU. The journals featured were AGNI, Arion, The Black Scholar, The Journal of […]