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La exploración científica del mundo hispánico americano en el siglo XVIII

Time: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Date:  10/22/2018 Location: RP 310, 1135 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02129 Contact: s.rich@northeastern.edu La política ilustrada llevada a cabo en España durante el siglo XVIII concedió gran importancia a las nuevas disciplinas científicas que, como la botánica, estuvieron al servicio del proyecto de modernización de las estructuras económicas y sociales. Los sucesivos […]

Center for Latin American Studies – Literature, Ethics, & Social Justice

Wednesday, October 17 | Literature, Ethics & Social Justice Starts: 7:00 PM  Ends: 9:00 PM Location: Room 310, George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA. Join us for readings and discussion with three celebrated poets and authors: Sonia Sanchez, Gerald Vizenor, and Danielle Legros Georges, moderated by BU CGS faculty member Meg Tyler. This intimate […]

Emily Apter – Unexceptional Politics After May ’68

“Voids in Events: Unexceptional Politics After May ’68” Emily Apter (NYU) Monday, December 3, 2018 5:00 pm Room 110 (Thompson Room), Barker Center, Harvard University The France and the World Seminar, Mahindra Humanities Center Situating May ’68 at the crux of debates around “theory and event,” (Badiou) or the “philosophical moment” (Patrice Maniglier, Louis Althusser’s […]

NERALLT Conference 2018

The Geddes Language Center at BU will host this year’s conference of the New England Regional Association for Language Learning Technology (NERALLT). The conference will be held on both Thursday, October 11 and Friday, October 12. Registration is required. For more information or to register, please see nerallt.org.

New York – The Americas Poetry Festival

In its fifth edition, The Americas Poetry Festival of New York (poetryny.com) honors the memory of Dominican poet Virginia Moore (1945-2011). Virginia lived in New York for more than fifty years and passed away leaving most of her literary works unpublished. TAPFNY is a multilingual poetry festival and writers’ conference organized by poets and professors Carlos […]