Celebrating Humanities Book Publications in AY 21-22
We hope you enjoy our booklet featuring recent humanities publications by BU faculty. This catalogue represents the broad scope of work in the humanities in our community. We are inspired by the breadth of these publications, which span so many genres, disciplines, methodologies, subjects, languages, and time periods. To learn more about any work in […]
BU Humanists at Work: Meet John Ott
When John Ott identifies “an itch I feel compelled to scratch,” he knows that he has found his next research project. His past work shows his willingness to follow his intellectual curiosity, with publications on topics ranging from art patrons in Victorian California to photography of Black athletes during the Gilded Age. Ott explains that […]
BU Humanists at Work: Meet Amanda Lee
When Amanda Lee, Visiting Assistant Professor in French in the Department of Romance Studies, came across the job post for her current position, she was delighted that it called for a “scholar” and “practitioner.” For Lee, who is both an academic and a dancer/choreographer, the unusual inclusion of the word “practitioner” conjured an image of […]
BU Humanists at Work: Meet Jim Carter
“I liked telling stories as a kid. I always had a video camera in my hand and was employing my sisters or cousins as actors and actresses. I wanted to continue to tell stories in a professional way,” said Dr. Jim Carter. Carter joined the BU faculty this semester as Lecturer in Italian. While Carter […]
Celebrating Humanities Book Publications
We hope you enjoy our booklet featuring recent publications with humanities content by faculty from across BU. These publications speak to the broad scope of important work in the humanities ongoing in our BU community. We are inspired by the breadth of these publications, which span so many disciplines, methodologies, subjects, languages, and time periods. […]
Kim Sichel on Making Strange: the Modernist Photobook in France
New podcast by Kim Sichel (AH) discussing her recent book, Making Strange: the Modernist Photobook in France (Yale 2020). In March, Boston University associate professor of the history of photography and modern art and 2015 BUCH Henderson Senior Research Fellow Kim Sichel spoke with Jessica Holahan on the Yale University Press Podcast series (Ep. 79 […]
Article Cowritten by Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis Forum Hosts
In conjunction with our fall forum, Susan Mizruchi and Sandro Galea have written a piece for Global Thrive on “How the Humanities Can Help the Opioid Crisis.” They write: “The opioid epidemic is the public health crisis of our time: with 64,000 annual deaths, it has surpassed the peak losses of all other epidemics, including […]
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 […]
BUCH Director Professor Susan Mizruchi Installed as William Arrowsmith Professor in the Humanities
On November 21st, Center for the Humanities Director Professor Susan Mizruchi will be installed by Dean Ann Cudd as the inaugural William Arrowsmith Professor in the Humanities in an event celebrating the installment of five newly appointed CAS endowed chairs at the university. The gift agreement with the Arrowsmith family states that “the William Arrowsmith […]