Author: Virginia Cherol

Binding the Pages of the Heart, Talk on Metaphors and Art

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Binding the Pages of the Heart: Metaphors of the Arts of the Book in the Poetry of Sa’eb Tabrizi Talk by Paul Losensky (Indiana University) April 8, 2013, 5 pm 725 Commonwealth Ave, CAS 303A (Sponsors: Dept. of MLCL, Dept. of History of Art & Architecture, Comparative Premodern Initiative, BUCH, SMSC)

Nowruz: The Persian New Year Festival at the MFA

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  Join Sassan Tabatabai at the Museum of Fine Arts for an engaging talk about the Nowruz celebration in Persian history and myth, and discuss its contemporary manifestations through its associated rituals and ceremonies. Sunday, March 24, 2013 2:00 pm MFA Riley Seminar Room, 156 Free with Admission – No Ticket Required Learn more here!

Voice and Voicelessness in Medieval Europe and Beyond

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  Interdisciplinary conference in medieval studies 28 February & 1 March 2013 Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 200 This 2-day international conference brings together scholars in literature, theology, law, art history, history, and musicology, to examine the practices and values attached to the human voice in medieval cultures. The topic of voice and voicelessness […]

Ichiro Kataoka Performance

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In the 1920s and early 1930s Japanese audiences often did not go to the theater to see a certain film, they went to enjoy the electrifying art of a benshi. Benshi were stars that commanded huge salaries for their masterful use of voice for both subtle effects and dramatic fireworks of emotion. Due to their […]