Classical Studies Graduate Conference
The BU Department of Classical Studies continues its strong efforts to connect the study of ancient literature and history to pressing issues of our time. On November 9, 2019, the department, with sponsorship from the Center, held their annual graduate student conference. This year’s conference “Agency through the Ancients: Reception as Empowerment” featured eight speakers […]
Tribute in Memoriam to Rudolf G. Wagner, Forum 2017 Participant and China Scholar
We were saddened to learn that Forum 2017 participant and Senior Professor of Chinese Studies at Heidelberg University, Rudolf G. Wagner, died on October 26, 2019. Wagner had a long and influential career that focused on the interface between politics and culture in China. He held a variety of prestigious fellowships, including a Harkness Fellowship, […]
Robert J. Zimmer on “Academic Freedom and Open Inquiry”
With Forum 2019 just a week and a half away, we were pleased to learn about the engaging keynote address by Robert J. Zimmer, President of The University of Chicago, on the occasion of Central European University moving to Vienna. President Zimmer speaks to the merits of academic freedom and inquiry and the challenging climate […]
Forum 2019: Call for an Active Audience
Students, staff, administrators, lecturers, senior and junior faculty will come together to engage in dialogue about the limits and possibilities of the academy and talk about the issues that matter to us at Forum 2019 on October 3 at WBUR CitySpace. This is a plea for an active audience. After all, we cannot break down […]
October 3, 2019 | Forum: Can We Talk? Dialogue and Debate in the Contemporary Academy
With Forum 2019, we will take the opportunity to look inward at one of the biggest challenges facing universities today: the problem of honest discussion within our own institutional borders. In seeking a topic that would serve our own Boston University community we recognized that no subject was of greater moment than the challenge of […]
Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age Book Publication Will Bring Together Essays from Forum 2017
Our Forums are ongoing intellectual enterprises that will shape and contribute to programming and scholarship for years to come. Consequently, the Center is pleased to announce a forthcoming publication that brings together revised essays from participants in Forum 2017, edited by Center Director Susan Mizruchi. Like the Forum, the book, slated to be published by Palgrave […]
Community Feature: Karen Krolak’s Dictionary of Negative Space
Karen Krolak was one of the artists who participated in the art show hosted in conjunction with Forum 2018: Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis. She showed a pocket version of her Dictionary of Negative Space. This piece brought together some of the entries from her larger project in an effort to shed light on some […]
2018/2019 Student Award Winners Announced
Each year, the Boston University Center for the Humanities gives awards ranging from $1,500 to $7,000 to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in the Humanities. The achievements of these students will be celebrated at our annual Student Awards Ceremony at 11 a.m. on May 14, 2019 at 1 Silber Way, Trustee Center Ballroom, 9th floor.
2019/2020 Graduate Dissertation Fellows Announced
Each year, the Boston University Center for the Humanities awards dissertation fellowships to outstanding doctoral candidates in the Humanities nearing the end of their graduate work at BU. Along with our Faculty Fellows, Dissertation Fellows participate in our Fellows Seminars and are eligible to receive office space at the Center’s suite. The Center is pleased […]
Department of Linguistics Announces New Graduate Certificate Programs
The Boston University Department of Linguistics will begin offering two Graduate Certificates in the Fall 2019 semester: the GRS Graduate Certificate in Linguistics and the MET Graduate Certificate in Linguistics. Interested students can find application information and details about the certificates on the Department of Linguistics website.