Meet the Fellows: Paul Katsafanas, Professor of Philosophy
Professor of Philosophy and Jeffrey Henderson Senior Research Fellow Paul Katsafanas discusses his public-facing work on Nietzsche and how the idea of devotion might offer an alternative way of living in a fractured society in this short video.
BU Humanists at Work: Alyssa Hunziker, Assistant Professor of English
When most people in the United States hear the term “Indigenous literature,” they probably assume a Native American context. For Assistant Professor of English Alyssa Hunziker, Indigenous literary studies reach beyond the United States to the Pacific Islands and Asia, where Hunziker encounters literature and communities similarly impacted by U.S. imperialism. “I’m interested in how […]
Building the Future at the National Humanities Conference
“It isn’t the time to close ourselves off to the world. This is the time to be brave…to build the future we want.” These words, spoken by Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities Shelly C. Lowe, kicked off the day at the 2024 National Humanities Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, November 16, 2024, […]
Meet the Fellows: Holly Wiegand, PhD Candidate in English
Holly Wiegand, PhD candidate in English and Dissertation Fellow is searching the archives and popular literature for stories from 19th-century female preachers. Her work follows the lives of preachers like Jareena Lee through memoir, testimonials, and representations of the female preacher in fiction. Learn more about the Center’s Dissertation Fellowships. Video by Roni Lakin (CAS’25, […]
Meet the Fellows: Alexis Peri, Associate Professor of History
Did you know that the KGB had a beauty pageant in the 1980’s? We didn’t, until we spoke with Associate Professor of Hitory and Jeffrey Henderson Senior Research Fellow Alexis Peri. Peri’s research explore the world of Soviet beauty pageants, Miss KGB, and global competition. Learn more about the Center’s Fellowships. Video by Roni Lakin […]
Louis Chude-Sokei Delivers Fall Lecture in Criticism
November 7, the Center welcomed Professor of English and Director of African American & Black Diaspora Studies Program Louis Chude-Sokei as the speaker for its fall Lecture in Criticism. His books include the award-winning, The Last Darky: Bert Williams, Black on Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora (2005), The Sound of Culture: Diaspora and Black Technopoetics (2015) and the acclaimed memoir, Floating in A Most […]
Meet the Fellows: Henry Tonks, PhD candidate in History
Henry Tonks, Graduate Dissertation Fellow and PhD Candidate in History, shares his research into the development of the Democratic Party and its relationship to the 2024 election in this short video. Learn more about the Center’s Dissertation Fellowships. Video by Roni Lakin (CAS’25, GRS’25)
Building Awareness of Digital Research Tools through Graduate Workshop
On October 28, 2024, the Center hosted “Reimagining Humanities Research,” a workshop that brought together graduate students across disciplines and departments to learn about digital research methods and tools. Drawing from her experiences working on the Chinese Historical Christian Database under the mentorship of Professor Eugenio Menegon (HI), PhD student Greta Rauch Frei (HI) introduced her peers […]
Center Awardee Jessica Buckley featured in The Brink
Check out this article from The Brink featuring 2024 recipient of the Center’s Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize, Jessica Buckley (CAS’25). Funded by a grant from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Buckley (CAS’25) spent her summer in BU’s Zooarchaeology Lab examining thousands of shellfish remains from two excavation sites on Chirikof Island in […]
Tavia Nyong’o Speaks At Annual Sedgwick Memorial Lecture
Professor Tavia Nyong’o (Yale University) spoke at the Howard Thurman Center on October 28th where he explored the idea of queer ancestry and the prospects of being a “good ancestor.” The Center is proud to support “Who is A Queer Ancestor?,” the Twelfth Annual Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Lecture in Gender & Sexuality Studies.