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For over forty years, the Lectures in Criticism series<\/a><\/strong> has brought renowned scholars in the humanities to Boston University.\u00a0 It has run since 1983, hosting four external speakers every year in addition to one member of the BU faculty. Lectures in Criticism is dedicated to continuing this legacy of excellence with lectures every year in Fall and Spring. Visit the Lectures in Criticism website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fall 2025<\/h3>
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Fall 2025<\/a>
\n<\/strong>“Towards a Social History of a Sacred City: Epistemological Challenges in Studying Teotihuacan, Mexico”
\nDavid Carballo<\/strong>, Professor of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Latin American Studies<\/p>\n

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2024-2025 Lectures in Criticism<\/h3>
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Fall 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOn the Pleasures and Perils of Personhood: Slavery and Artificial Life\u201d<\/span>
\nLouis Chude Sokei<\/strong>, Professor of English and Joyce Wein Chair in African American & Black Diaspora Studies, Boston University<\/p>\n

Spring 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cArt in the Shadow of Military Dictatorships in 1980s Nigeria\u201d
\nChika Okeke-Agulu<\/strong>,\u00a0Robert Schirmer Professor of Art and Archaeology and African American Studies, Princeton University<\/p>\n

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2023-2024 Lecture in Criticism<\/h3>
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Fall 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Episodic Reception of Medieval Persian Women Poets<\/span>
\nSunil Sharma<\/b>, Professor of Persianate & Comparative Literature; Director, Center for the Study of Asia; Director, Global Medieval Studies Program, Boston University<\/p>\n

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Lecture Archive<\/h3>
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<\/span>Please visit the Past Lectures page<\/a> for more information on lectures between 1983 and 2023.<\/p>\n

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