Lectures

Lecture by Tiya Miles on February 23rd

On February 23rd, please join Lectures in Criticism and the BU Center for the Humanities for our Spring lecture. The speaker, Tiya Miles, Michael Garvey Professor of History at Harvard and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, will be presenting her lecture titled “Species Insurance: Black Women, Environmental Storytelling, and Survival.” […]

Lecture Write-up: Revisiting the Turing Test

There are a few different ways we might understand this claim. On the one hand, there is a tremendous amount of contemporary interest in Alan Turing, with acclaimed films such as The Imitation Game and Ex Machina reflecting the magnetic pull of his life and research in popular culture. On the other hand, we find ourselves in a […]

Lecture by Juliet Floyd on October 27th

On October 27th, please join Lectures in Criticism and the BU Center for the Humanities for our Fall lecture. The speaker, Juliet Floyd, Professor of Philosophy at Boston University, will be presenting her lecture titled “Revisiting the Turing Test: Humans, Machines, and Phraseology.” This event is open to the public. The lecture will begin at […]