BU Humanities Graduate Intern Report Impacts Boston Removal of Emancipation Statue
On June 30, 2020, the Boston Arts Commission (BAC) voted to remove The Emancipation Group statute from its prominent position in Boston’s Park Square. Unlike the US National Park Service that is struggling to protect the Emancipation Monument, a replica of the Boston statue in Washington, DC’s Lincoln Park, the City of Boston has heeded […]
Reflection: Hannah Kinney-Kobre Returns to OUP
Hannah Kinney-Kobre, BU Center for the Humanities Senior Staff Assistant emerita and College of Arts & Sciences 2020 graduate in English and Cinema and Media Studies, has accepted a position as an editorial intern at Oxford University Press in New York City. Despite graduating into the worst economy since the Great Depression, Kinney-Kobre’s exceptional academic […]
Message from the Center
We are deeply saddened and angered by the murder of George Floyd by police, which is one in a line of many. The systemic and historically entrenched racism that takes the form of constant harassment and deadly violence against Black people is unacceptable. We lament the lack of national leadership on this issue and support […]
Announcing 2020 BUCH Student Awardees
Each year, the Boston University Center for the Humanities recognizes the work of outstanding students in the humanities through student awards and fellowships. Selected undergraduate and graduate applicants receive monetary awards, and selected doctoral candidates nearing the end of their graduate work receive competitive fellowships for the following academic year. Although we cannot hold our […]
Announcing the “Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age” Book Collection and NeMLA Panel
The BU Center for the Humanities hosts forums on topics of significance to humanities scholars and the broader public. These forums bring a range of professional and institutional perspectives into dialogue with the intention of generating future, ongoing discussion. Forum 2017 has fulfilled this mandate in the form of a collection, Libraries and Archives in […]
Center Hosts First Annual Humanities Book Publication Party
The BU Center for the Humanities and the Office of the Associate Dean of Faculty for the Humanities celebrated recent humanities publications by BU faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences at the first annual Humanities Book Publication Party on Tuesday, February 4. Associate Dean Karl Kirchwey and BU Center for the Humanities Director […]
Celebrating New Humanities Publications by CAS Faculty
We were delighted to celebrate these 32 recent publications by CAS faculty at our Humanities Book Publication Party on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 5:00pm. The breadth and variety of work being done in CAS humanities is reflected in these works, which include monographs, edited volumes, several languages, numerous disciplines, and an inspiring level of […]
Scenes from Patricia Herzog’s new opera “The Resurrection of Lucretia” at Boston Conservatory
On Friday, December 6, 2019, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee workshopped four scenes from Patricia Herzog’s forthcoming opera, The Resurrection of Lucretia. After the performance of selected scenes by opera students, Herzog, Johnathon Pape (Head of Opera at Boston Conservatory), and the students who played Lucretia and Sextus Tarquinius engaged in a talkback. Herzog reflected […]
Summer 2019 PhD Intern’s Experience Leads to New and Unexpected Opportunity
In a featured article recently published on the BU Arts & Sciences website, former PhD intern Rachel Kirby (PhD candidate, American & New England Studies) discusses how her 2019 summer internship at Fenway Park led to a new surprising and exciting opportunity. Read more about Rachel’s experience working for the Red Sox here.
Reflection: Hannah Kinney-Kobre on the Incarceration Film Series
As part of the Center’s efforts to program events on topics of importance to the BU community, we launched a film series on the subject of incarceration and on Thursday, November 21, we hosted our inaugural screening. I conceived, programmed, and planned the event with Christine D’Auria, the Center’s graduate student intern. We’re grateful to […]