For nearly forty years, the Lectures in Criticism series has brought renowned scholars in the humanities to Boston University. It has run since 1983, hosting four external speakers every year in addition to one member of the BU faculty.
In 2022, the Boston University Center for the Humanities assumed oversight of the series introducing two significant changes to its traditional format. First, the series now features a fall lecture by a BU faculty member and a spring lecture by an external scholar. Second, in contrast to the past where BU faculty participants were drawn exclusively from the departments of English and World Languages & Literatures, going forward the series will feature BU faculty from all the humanities departments in the College of Arts & Sciences.
The Center for the Humanities is honored to have the Lectures in Criticism series under its wing and is dedicated to continuing its legacy of excellence.
