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 […]
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.
Meet the Fellows: Joanna Davidson, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Joanna Davidson, Jeffrey Henderson Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Anthropology, shares the details of her current project, the importance of naming, and the advantages of a BUCH Faculty Fellowship in this short video. Learn more about the Center’s Faculty Fellowships. Video by Roni Lakin (CAS’25, GRS’25)
BUCH Intern Jess Fatzinger featured by CAS
Jess Fatzinger (CAS’24) recently shared her experience working as a BUCH summer intern at the BU African Studies Library in this video from the College of Arts & Sciences. Learn more about the Center’s summer internships for undergraduates in the humanities. Video by Cheryl Lai (CAS’26, COM’26)
Anthony Petro Publishes Article on Naming of HIV/AIDS
Associate Professor of Religion and 2023-24 Henderson Senior Research Fellow Anthony Petro recently published “How HIV/AIDS got its name − the words Americans used for the crisis were steeped in science, stigma and religious language” in The Conversation. “No matter how scientific or objective people hope to be, epidemics are shaped by culture,” wrote Petro, […]
Mathematics with a Human Face Recording Now Available
The Center is pleased to share that a full recording of Mathematics with a Human Face is now available online. 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 […]