Boston University

Humanities

Portrait of Eugenio Menegon, College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of Chinese, wearing a bright blue button down and black leather jacket. He smiles and a fuzzy background with a building and fall trees are seen behind him.

History

BU Spearheads Massive Database of Centuries of Culture-Sharing between the West and China

November 4, 2020

Artistic rendering of The Embrace MLK monument in Boston by Hank Willis Thomas with MASS Design Group

Voices & Opinion

POV: It’s Time to Change How We Choose Monuments and Statues

October 16, 2020

Photo of a group of Chelsea, Mass. residents lined up, many in sweatshirts or jackets, to pick up food at a food pantry. The photo shows a long line on the other side of the street, with a car and a "Resident Parking Only" Sign in the foreground. The photo is black and white.

Academics

MET Class Offers Lessons in the Power of Language to Remake the World

July 29, 2020

A photo of Gunda Trepp reading at a podium

Arts & Culture

BU’s Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies Hosts Virtual Summer Reading Series

July 21, 2020

Portrait of CAS Religion Professor Kecia Ali in an office surrounded by books. She shits in an armchair holding a book, and doesn't wear shows.

Gender

Kecia Ali to Examine Gender Bias in Academia

July 15, 2020

Photo of a computer, haggadah, and candles with a seder plate in the background. On the computer zoom call participants are seen.

Documentary Film

Documenting How Pandemic Lockdown Changed Eternal City’s Religions

July 8, 2020

Portait of Ibram X. Kendi in a gray suit with his hands on a desk in front of him. Kendi is a leading historian and author of the bestselling 'How to be an Antiracist.'

Accolades

Ibram X. Kendi Awarded BU’s Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities

July 1, 2020

Composite image of book covers of the following books: Lucy, by Jamaica Kincaid (1990), Aye, and Gomorrah, by Samuel R. Delany (1967), The Women, by Hilton Als (1996), Black No More, George S. Schuyler (1931), The Wine of Astonishment, by Earl Lovelace (1982, Corregidora, by Gayl Jones (1975)

Must-Reads by Black authors

For #BlackoutBestsellerList Movement, Six Must-Read Books

June 17, 2020

A photo of President Trump's budget.

Research

What’s the Future of Student Financial Aid?

February 12, 2020

BU Poli Sci professor Spencer Piston delivers a talk called Who Built America in response to a talk by conservative figurehead, Ben Shapiro.

Politics

A Response to Ben Shapiro’s Talk at BU Last Month

December 9, 2019

A student stands at a podium in class acting as president of revolutionary France’s 1791 National Assembly

Education

Listen to a Lecture about Revolution? Why Not Play a Revolutionary in Class?

December 2, 2019

Illustration of a carrot dangling on a string

Politics

We Say Quid Pro Quo a Lot. But What Does It Mean?

October 29, 2019

Black Panther in his titular movie, fighting off helicopters

African Studies

Afrofuturism in the Age of Black Panther

April 18, 2019

Chris Stokum (GRS’21) (left) and Red Sox team historian Gordon Edes at Fenway Park

Red Sox

A PhD in the Humanities? It’s Not Just for Teaching Anymore

January 29, 2019

Breaking Bad character Walter White sits in a recliner with his family wife Skylar and son Walt Jr. in the background.

Literature

Breaking Bad Director Gives CAS Class the Inside Dope

November 30, 2018

Professor Elie Wiesel sits talking with his teaching assistant, Ariel Burger.

Alumni

Witness to Lessons of Elie Wiesel

November 12, 2018

Center for the Humanities panel on Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis

Addiction

Changing the Narrative on Opioids

October 15, 2018

Photo: Student researcher Elizabeth Hannigan, a white woman with long red hair tied into a braid and wearing a black tee shirt and jeans, poses at an archaeological site.

Research

Examining a Woman’s Role—1,300 Years Ago

July 5, 2018

Déanna Clarke-Campbell (CAS’21) performs

Gender

Hamilton Music Gets an Infusion of New Voices

April 30, 2018

Louis Chude-Sokei

Dance

Louis Chude-Sokei Wants African American Studies Program to Be a Central Place

April 26, 2018

Louis Chude-Sokei Wants African American Studies Program to Be a Central Place