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Laura Mayron Presents at NeMLA

Laura Mayron, a doctoral student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, presented at the 2019 Northeast Modern Language Association conference. Great work, Laura! Her presentation was titled:  “Queer Bodies & Intimacies in the Writing of Alejandra Pizarnik”.

MFA: Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico

Starts: Wednesday April 3, 5:50 PM Ends: Wednesday April 3, 7:15 PM Location: Museum of Fine Arts Iturbide’s photographs not only bear witness to Mexican society but express an intense personal and poetic lyricism about her native country. One of the most influential photographers active in Latin America today, Iturbide captures everyday life and its […]

African Studies: Contemporary Artists from Morocco

African Studies: Looking Out, Looking In: Contemporary Artists from Morocco   Curator Talk: Thursday, March 28 @ 6:30 p.m. Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery Curators Cynthia Becker (Boston University Department of History of Art and Architecture) and Nadia Sabri (Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco) will lead a guided tour of the exhibition, Looking Out, […]

Philosophy & Religion: Nonself as Omnipresent Interpersonalities

“Nonself as Omnipresent Interpersonalities: Tiantai’s Four Steps for Rereading Impermanence as the Eternity of All Subjective States” Brook A. Ziporyn, Professor of Chinese Religion, Philosophy, and Comparative Thought, University of Chicago Divinity School Friday, March 29, 5:00 pm Boston University School of Theology 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 325 Supported by the Boston University Center for […]

Lesley University – Day of Learning with Indigenous Authors, Educators, and Artists

Our Voices: Day of Learning With Indigenous Authors, Educators, and Artists Date:  April 6 Starts: Saturday, 10:00 AM Ends: Saturday, 6:00 PM Location: 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140 What would it look like if we had access to the voices of indigenous peoples in our schools and community organizations? Come find out ! REGISTRATION: https://www.facebook.com/events/967253240138707/  

Center for Europe: EU Asylum Policy Asymmetry

Explaining EU Asymmetry: A Comparison of Borders and Asylum Policy Development — A Works in Progress Presentation by Kaija Schilde and Sara Goodman Starts:  4:30 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2019 Ends:  6:00 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2019 Location:  Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road (1st floor) URL:  http://www.bu.edu/european/files/2019/02/spring19.pdf Why does the EU coordinate on […]

Harvard: Vernacular Latin Americanisms

Thursday, March 28, 2019, 6:00pm, CGIS South, S-250 Arts & Sciences Workshop Series:  “Vernacular Latin Americanisms: War, the Market and the Making of a Discipline “ Fernando Degiovanni, Professor, The Graduate Center, City University of New York  Series co-chaired and moderated by Mariano Siskind, Professor and Chair, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and Brian […]