Reflection: Rachel Kirby’s PhD Internship in the Humanities with the Boston Red Sox
Many graduate students have a favorite work spot, but few can say that they’ve written in an empty, sun-drenched Fenway Park while perched atop the Green Monster. Yet Rachel Kirby, PhD candidate in the American & New England Studies program at BU, had this unique experience, among many others, while working with the Boston Red […]
Reflection: Arthur Kamya’s PhD Internship in the Humanities at the Boston Athenæum
It’s not surprising to find in the archives of the Boston Athenæum a scholar of seventeenth-century Massachusetts, such as Arthur Kamya, PhD candidate in BU’s American & New England Studies program; however, the opportunity for him to undertake a specialized secondary school curriculum development project on U.S. women’s political history under the auspices of a […]
Reflection: Christine D’Auria on Working at the Center as Graduate Program Intern
This summer, I am working at the Center for the Humanities as a program intern, assisting with the broad range of operations that constitute the life of the Center. In this evolving position, my duties have included producing and editing copy, managing application procedures, assisting in the production of the Center’s newsletter and publicity materials, […]
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 […]
Red Sox Podcasts Coproduced by 2018 Summer PhD Internship Awardee Chris Stokum
During his internship at the Boston Red Sox, one of the 2018 Summer Internships for BU Humanities PhD Candidates, Chris Stokum produced a series of podcasts presented as part of a promotional package for the Harvard-Yale game on November 17, 2018. Listen to the podcasts by following the links below: Episode 1: https://gordonedes.net/2018/11/16/get-in-the-game-harvard-yale-at-fenway/ Episode 2: https://gordonedes.net/2018/11/16/get-in-the-game-harvard-yale-the-history-episode-2/ Episode […]
Professor Abigail Gillman Publishes “A History of German Jewish Bible Translation”
Congratulations to Professor Abigail Gillman, Associate Professor of Hebrew, German & Comparative Literature in WLL, and a Jeffrey Henderson Senior Research Fellow in 14/15, on her newest publication: A History of German Jewish Bible Translation (The University of Chicago Press). “This book is the first in English to offer a close analysis of German Jewish […]
Professor Fallou Ngom Awarded Herskovits Prize
Congratulations to Professor Fallou Ngom on being awarded the prestigious Melville J. Herskovits Prize! The Herskovits Prize is given to the most important scholarly work in African Studies published in English each year, and was awarded to Professor Ngom for his book, Muslims Beyond the Arab World: The Odyssey of Ajami and the Muridiyya (Oxford […]
Boston University Welcomes Louis Chude-Sokei
Louis Chude-Sokei joined the Boston University faculty this fall. He is a Professor of English as well as the George and Joyce Wein Chair in African American Studies and the Director of the African American Studies Program. Chude-Sokei is a writer and scholar whose work focuses on the literary, political, and cultural implications and ramifications […]
Goodbye to longtime Center for the Humanities administrator Christine Loken-Kim!
We said goodbye last week to our much-beloved center administrator Christine Loken-Kim. Loken-Kim is retiring after being with the center for nine years, during which she ensured that BUCH ran smoothly and with the utmost efficiency and integrity. She was sent off in true Center for the Humanities fashion with a small party so […]