Center Hosts Mathematics with a Human Face
Mathematicians and philosophers gathered in BU’s law building on April 22, 2024, for the inaugural “Mathematics with a Human Face” conference, sponsored by the Center in collaboration with the University of Bergen’s Department of Philosophy and the Norwegian Research Council. The event drew seven speakers from around the world to discuss the role of creativity […]
Center Celebrates Humanities Publications
Scholars and staff from across departments and colleges gathered in CAS on March 28, 2024 to share their recent work and celebrate books with humanistic content published within the last twelve months. The event featured co-authored volumes, translations, and monographs totaling thirteen publications. These publications highlight the importance of humanistic thought and collaborative scholarship in […]
Director Juliet Floyd Featured on Zeppelin University Podcast
Center Director and Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy Juliet Floyd was a recent guest on a podcast produced by Welle20 at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany. In conversation with, Jan Söffner, Chair of Cultural Theory and -Analysis at Zeppelin University and university students, Floyd applies a philosophical lens to the latests developments in artificial intelligence. […]
Author David Grann Visits BU for Conversations in the Arts & Ideas
Award-winning author David Grann joined Professor Debbie Danielpour of BU’s College of Communication on February 28th as part of BU’s Conversations in the Arts & Ideas. Grann discussed his life and work, including his books Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI and The Wager: A Tale of […]
BU Humanists at Work: Catalina Rodríguez, Assistant Professor of Spanish
Assistant Professor of Spanish Catalina Rodríguez’s interests are varied, reaching back to nineteenth-century use of gendered pseudonyms and forward to ecofeminist dystopias. Across this breadth, Rodríguez pulls common threads together to form a picture of a Latin America that is both shaped by the past and looking toward the future. Rodríguez first found herself drawn […]
Sunil Sharma Delivers Spring Lecture in Criticism
The Center welcomed Professor of Persianate & Comparative Literature Sunil Sharma as the speaker for its spring Lecture in Criticism on February 22, 2024. Sharma spoke on “The Episodic Reception of Medieval Persian Women Poets.” Learn more about the lecture and professor Sharma here.
BU Humanists at Work: Deeana Klepper, Associate Professor of Religion and History
Having “always loved history,” Associate Professor of Religion and History Deeana Klepper found her niche after her work in Europe led her to a PhD in Medieval European History. Undergraduate Center staff member Cheryl Lai sat down with Dr. Klepper to discuss her recent book, Pastoral Care and Community in Late Medieval Germany: Albert of […]
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.
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 […]