2016-2017 Lectures in Criticism
“Tolstoy, Bresson, and the Ground of the Ethical” will be about the relation between the sight of death and ethical understanding in Leo Tolstoy’s writing and in Robert Bresson’s film L’argent, a filmic adaptation of Tolstoy’s late short story “The Forged Coupon.” Sharon Cameron, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English, Johns Hopkins. Sharon Cameron teaches nineteenth-century American literature and twentieth-century […]
Red Love in Korea: Rethinking Communism, Feminism and Sexuality
CAS 200, Friday November 1, 2013, 4- 5:30 pm Red Love in Korea: Rethinking Communism, Feminism and Sexuality a lecture by Ruth Barraclough (Australian National University) In Korea the history of a socialist movement cannot be told without accounting for the phenomenon of “red love”. Not only did the delicious scandals of the love affairs […]
MLCL has moved!
The department has moved its main office to the School of Theology building (STH) at 745 Commonwealth Ave., room 602. Please visit us for more information about our language and literature programs!
2012 Award Winners Announced
The department is pleased to announce the winners of our 2012 academic achievement awards. College Award for Excellence, Modern Languages & Comparative Literature Richard Russell Hayes, Jr. Chinese Language and Literature Jessica Cai, Barbara Argote Senior Award Comparative Literature Beverly Ang, Barbara Argote Junior Award German Language and Literature Hillary Gospodarek, Barbara Argote Junior Award […]
MLCL Launches Facebook Page
The Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature has launched its first Facebook page. The MLCL Facebook page will provide information about the department, including news, announcements, lectures, and events. Accompanying the creation of this page, we have also launched a unique group page for current students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Modern Languages […]
2012 Chinese Translation Prize Accepting Submissions
The 2012 Chinese Translation Prize is now accepting submissions. Under the auspices of the Robert Fitzgerald Translation Prize at the University Professors’ Program, the Chinese program has established a separate annual Chinese Translation Prize for Boston University students. First created in 2004, the Chinese Translation Prize continues to be supported by the Boston University Center […]
2012 Robert Fitzgerald Translation Prize Accepting Submissions
The Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature and the Creative Writing Program announce The 2012 ROBERT FITZGERALD TRANSLATION PRIZE First Prize: $250 Second Prize: $100 Rules for Submissions: 3 copies of the selection in the original language 3 copies of the translation in typed manuscript, double- spaced, including the title, author, and language […]
Dr. Xiaoyang Zhou Presents at Two International Conferences in 2011
On May 20-21, 2011, Dr. Xiaoyang Zhou presented her paper, “Discussing Teaching Materials of Advanced Chinese Courses at the American University Level,” at Columbia University’s 2011 International Conference on Chinese Textbook and New Teaching Resources. In November 2011, Dr. Zhou traveled to the California Language Teachers Association (CLTA) annual conference, where she acted as Chair of the […]
2012 Shmuel Traum Prize in Literary Translation Accepting Submissions
The Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature THE SHMUEL TRAUM PRIZE in LITERARY TRANSLATION 2012 for works in poetry, fiction or drama translated into English from French, German, or Hebrew Grand Prize: $200 Judges: Abigail Gillman, Modern Languages & Comparative Literature Rosanna Warren, English and Romance Studies SUBMISSIONS: 2 copies of typed manuscript, […]
Candidates for Assistant Professor of Korean and Comparative Literature visit BU
Please join us as we welcome candidates for the position of Assistant Professor of Korean and Comparative Literature. Over the next few weeks, there will be four lectures: “How Poetry Mattered in 1920s Korea” Friday, January 27, 2012 School of Theology, Room 625, 4-6pm “Nation and Gender in Modern Korean Literature: Focusing on Representations of […]