Prof. Margaret Litvin’s essay on Teaching Literary Translation at BU
MLCL’s own Professor Margaret Litvin recently published and article on teaching the Literary Translation Seminar here at Boston University. Read it here!
MLCL Student Receives the Gregory Hudson Award for Writing Excellence in the Humanities
Recent MLCL Graduate William Wallis was recently named the winner of the prestigious Gregory Hudson Award for Writing Excellence in the Humanities for his thesis “Betwixt and Between: Ubertino Carrara and Lin Zexu”. MLCL’s Margaret Litvin described his work: Beyond mere erudition, William Wallis’s writing shows an original, thoughtful approach to intellectual problems and a […]
BU to Host National Korean-Learning Conference
Boston University is proud to host the 19th Annual American Association of Teachers of Korean Conference from June 19 to 21st. Please find all information here.
2 MLCL Professors Awarded Humanities Fellowships at BU
Two MLCL professors, Abigail Gilman and Yoon Sun Yang, took a selfie on the way to the BUCH Incoming Fellows’ luncheon on May 2. Professor Gillman will be a Jeffrey Henderson Senior Research Fellow and Professor Yang, a Junior Faculty Fellow for the academic year 2014-2015.
Six Boston University Students Receive Honors in National Russian Essay Contest
Six Boston University students won Gold, Silver and Bronze awards, as well as Honorable Mentions, in the National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest, sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian (http://actr.org/). Over 1,000 students from all over the United States compete in the contest every year, and many of the students who place come […]
Undergraduate Jewish Studies End of Year Party
Two MLCL Students Win Fulbright Awards!
We are excited to report that two German Language and Literature Majors have won prestigious Fulbright Scholarships. Congratulations Matthew Egger and Alex Williams! Matthew Egger, graduating senior was awarded a Fulbright grant for next year. He will be attending the first year of a Master’s program in classical archaeology and ancient numismatics at the […]
Korean Minor
You can minor in Korean at BU! To find out the requirements for the Korean minor, please visit: https://www.bu.edu/wll/korean/ Declare a minor in Korean online! http://www.bu.edu/casadvising/major-minor-declaration-form/
Sattariya: A Classical Indian Dance Performance by Prateesha Suresh
Join us on April 23, 2014 2:30-3:30pm 855 Commonwealth Avenue Concert Hall Sattriya Dance is one of eight classical dances of India, the word sattriya is derived from sattra meaning monastery. Traditionally it was performed by the monks initiated into the devotional order of poet-saint Shankardev. This dance performance is a dramatic retelling of mythological […]
2014 Persian Symposium
Join us for the 2014 Persian Symposium! See the full schedule here!