2026 Student Awardees
Each year, the BU Center for the Humanities recognizes undergraduate and graduate students doing outstanding work in the humanities through endowed awards. The Center also awards four semester-long dissertation fellowships for the coming academic year. Please join us in congratulating the 2026 awardees, who will be honored at a ceremony on May 12. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT […]
BU Humanists At Work: Karl Kirchwey, Professor of English
Writer, Professor of English, and Director of the Creative Writing Program Karl Kirchwey had an unconventional journey to academia. Unlike most professors, he spent the majority of his career as a curator and arts director, both in the U.S and abroad. His time in arts administration has given him insight into public interaction with the […]
Center Hosts 2026 Publication Celebration
On February 25, 2026 the center celebrated twenty publications by BU faculty at its annual humanities publication celebration. Authors represent fifteen departments and programs across three colleges, and their wide-ranging publications include monographs, edited volumes, creative fiction, and literary translations. Authors introduced their publications to each other and enjoyed conversation and refreshments. The Center is […]
Juliet Floyd Reappointed as BUCH Director
On Wednesday, February 4, 2026, Dean of Arts & Sciences Stan Sclaroff formally announced Juliet Floyd’s reappointment as BUCH Director. In his notification email, he graciously thanked Juliet for the excellence that she has demonstrated during her first term, noting that “under her leadership, BUCH has made major contributions to the development of the humanities […]
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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 […]