Promotional poster for past Lectures in Criticism events. The speakers are Maurice Lee from Boston University giving a talk titled “A History of Literature in the Information Age,” on Thursday November 1, 2018, at 5pm in CAS 132, 685 Commonwealth Avenue; Pedro Erber from Cornell University giving a talk titled “Specters of Uneven Development: Brazilian Anthropophagy and the Kyoto School” on Thursday February 14, 2019, at 5pm in CILSE 101, 610 Commonwealth Avenue; and Amir Eshel from Stanford University giving a talk titled "Poetic Thinking Today: The Arts and Education in the Age of Tyranny" on Thursday April 25, 2019, at 5pm in Barrister’s Hall, 765 Commonwealth Avenue. There is also a related humanities seminar on Friday April 26, 2019, from 2pm to 4 pm in CAS 200, 725 Commonwealth Avenue. The events are sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities.

Fall 2018

“A History of Literature in the Information Age”

Maurice Lee, Professor of English, Boston University

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Lecture at 5pm.

CAS 132, 685 Commonwealth Avenue 

Spring 2019

“Specters of Uneven Development: Brazilian Anthropophagy and the Kyoto School”

Pedro Erber, Associate Professor of Luso-Brazilian Studies, Cornell University

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Lecture at 5pm

CILSE 101, 610 Commonwealth Avenue

Humanities Lecture

“Poetic Thinking Today: The Arts and Education in the Age of Tyranny”

Amir Eshel, Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies, Stanford University

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Lecture at 5pm

Barrister’s Hall, 765 Commonwealth Avenue

Humanities Seminar

Friday, April 26, 2019, 2-4pm

CAS 200, 725 Commonwealth Avenue