BU Humanists in the Media
The projects that two former BUCH Henderson Senior Research Fellows worked on during their fellowship semesters have been the subject of recent media attention. In her article “Trump’s idea to rename Veterans Day fizzled for a good reason,” published by the LA Times, Joanna Davidson (AN) writes about the study of naming practices that she […]
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BU Humanists at Work: Anita Savo, Assistant Professor of Spanish
Assistant Professor of Spanish Anita Savo became interested in the medieval period early on when she took a Spanish language survey course offered by her high school. Although the class covered many time periods and authors, she found herself fascinated with medieval Iberian literature because of what she describes as her “double distance” to the […]
BUCH & CISS Hold Second Annual Grants Day
On Tuesday, October 7, faculty and graduate students in the humanities and social sciences gathered at the Yawkey Center for the second annual Grants Day. This all-day event was co-organized by the BU Center for the Humanities (BUCH) and the BU Center for Innovation in Social Sciences (CISS). Panelists represented a wide range of experiences […]
Rachel Mesch (RS) Reviews Jim Johnson’s (HI) New Monograph
When Professor Jim Johnson began his ambitious project analyzing the history of the mask in Paris from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, he could not have foreseen how important this object would become to twenty-first century American culture. “We know what it is to wear a mask,” Johnson writes in the afterward to Paris […]
Center Hosts Spring Forum on AI in Entertainment & Education
Scholars from around the world joined the Center for our Spring 2025 forum, “Beyond the Binge: Ethical Implications of AI for Entertainment and Education – Communication and Philosophical Perspectives” April 10-11. Across two days of discussion on entertainment and the future of humanistic education and research, participants discussed everything from robot teachers to the influence […]
BU Humanists at Work: Marc Gasser-Wingate, Associate Professor of Philosophy
You don’t need extensive knowledge of philosophy to recognize the name Aristotle, as he remains a ubiquitous figure in current and past societies. Even so, scholars continue to study his work in an effort to deepen their understanding. Marc Gasser-Wingate, Associate Professor of Philosophy at BU, is one of these scholars, contributing to the ongoing […]
HTC Director Nick Bates Featured on Center Podcast
Managing Director Kurt Cavender welcomes Director of the Howard Thurman Center, Nick Bates, to discuss Thurman’s legacy and relevance to navigating the world today. Nick is a Thurman scholar dedicated to finding ways to help the community develop a relationship with Thurman’s work. Listen to the episode here.
Chika Okeke-Agulu Delivers Spring Lecture in Criticism
The Center welcomed Robert Schirmer Professor of Art and Archaeology and African American Studies Chika Okeke-Agulu on March 20 for its spring Lecture in Criticism. His books include El Anatsui. The Reinvention of Sculpture (Damiani, 2022); African Artists: From 1882 to Now (Phaidon, 2021); Yusuf Grillo: Painting. Lagos. Life (Skira, 2020); Obiora Udechukwu: Line, Image, […]
Support the National Endowment for the Humanities
The BU Center for the Humanities traces its founding to a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a vital national resource. Recently, the NEH has terminated hundreds of grants that support scholars, cultural organizations, and humanities councils in every state and enacted significant reductions in force of the NEH staff. The […]