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Location: French Cultural Center Date: Saturday, Oct. 13 For the fifth year in a row, the French Cultural Center is delighted to host the Boston Book Festival, co-presented with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S. and with the Regroupement des éditeurs franco-canadien. ABOUT THE BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL Since 2009, the Boston Book Festival celebrates the […]

French Cultural Center – Rescuing Notre-Dame de Paris

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 From 7:00 PM To 9:00 PM At French Cultural Center Get Directions Join us for a passionate presentation on this iconic symbol of France. President Michel Picaud of the Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris and Mathias Sieffert of Harvard University will enlighten us on Notre-Dame’s unique and romantic history and its grave misfortune, including its infamous 1845 […]

Center for Latin American Studies – O Processo

Friday, October 12 Film Screening: “O Processo” (Brazil / Germany / Netherlands, 137 min., 2018) Starts: Friday, October 12, 4 PM Ends: Friday, October 12, 6 PM Location: School of Theology, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room B19 The impeachment and removal from office of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was triggered by a corruption scandal involving, among others, her […]

Center for Latin American Studies – Venezuela Today

Wednesday, October 3 Venezuela Today: Challenges from Within and Abroad Starts: Wednesday, October 3, 6:30 PM Ends: Wednesday, October 3, 8 PM Location: College of Arts & Sciences, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room B12 Dr. Steve Ellner, author of numerous books and professor at the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela from 1977 to 2003, is touring the US to […]

Center for the Study of Europe – Debating Bioethics & Making Secular France

Works in Progress: Debating Bioethics and Making Secular France – A Presentation by Kimberly Arkin Starts: 4:30 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Ends: 6:00 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road (1st floor) URL: http://www.bu.edu/european/files/2018/09/fall18.pdf This talk explores the way some southern French caregivers discursively constructed what they […]

Harvard – Bariza Khiari, Advisor to President Macron of France

Dear friends, it is an honor to invite you to join us for a great discussion with Bariza Khiari, Co-founder of President’s Macron En Marche and former Vice-President of the French Senate. « Diversity and inclusion in France: from Algeria to the Elysée, the journey of Bariza Khiari, President Macron’s Advisor This event will take place on October 3rd at 4:30pm in the […]

In Defense of Ancestral Lands

In Defense of Ancestral Lands, With Activist Niridia Ruiz Tuesday, October 2 Starts: Tuesday, 3:30 PM Ends: Tuesday, 4:30 PM Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road (1st floor), 02215, Boston, MA. Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, Boston University Center for the Humanities, Kilachand Honors College, and the African American Studies Program

Film Screening: What is Democracy?

What is Democracy? Date: Oct. 24 Time: 5:00 pm Location: PHO 206 BU will host one of the first American screenings of Astra Taylor’s new documentary, “What is Democracy?”, followed by a short panel discussion with the director (Astra Taylor) and a few faculty (Lida Maxwell [PO], Spencer Piston [PO], Petrus Liu [WLL & WGS], […]