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 […]
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 […]
Associate Director Margarita Guillory Speaks at 2023 Gitner Lecture
The annual Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family College of Arts & Sciences Lecture is designed to highlight current CAS faculty members, in any field, whose teaching and research addresses topics of major importance for the broad interest and benefit of the BU community. In 2023, the Gitner Lecture explored the question “What does it mean […]
BU Humanists at Work: Meet Dennis Wuerthner
“I had to defend my decision to pursue Korean studies to a lot of people. They would regularly ask me ‘what are you going to do with that?’ I didn’t really have an answer. I just knew it was right the minute I started. It was magical to me to encounter this new culture, this […]
Center Hosts Annual Humanities Book Publication Celebration
Conversation abounded in CAS on March 23, 2023, as scholars and staff from across humanities and adjacent departments gathered to celebrate humanistic publications by BU faculty published within the last twelve months. The event highlighted 17 humanities publications ranging from monographs to anthologies to two thousand-page volumes.These publications evidenced the importance of the spirit of […]