Asia Film Week: “Young Asia: Conversation between Generations” October 22-26, 2012
“Young Asia: Conversation between Generations” October 22-26, 2012 Oct. 22 Monday Opening Event 4 – 6 pm: Student Symposium: “Young Asia: The Past and the Future” 6 – 7:30 pm: Reception Location: Pardee House | 67 Bay State Road Oct. 23 Tuesday 12:30 – 2 pm Sushi lunch Talk “From MOGA to Gyaru: Rebellious […]
Annual Humanities Lecture: David Harvey
David Harvey will deliver the annual Humanities Lecture next week, on Thursday October 18 at 5 pm in Photonics 906. The title of his talk is “The Urbanization of Anti-Capitalist Struggle.” A reception will follow the lecture. Professor Harvey will also offer an open seminar to faculty and graduate students on Friday, October 19, at […]
Anna Elliott’s Talk on “IQ84” at Harvard
Next TUESDAY, Oct. 2, MLCL’s own Anna Zielinska-Elliott will be speaking on a panel at Harvard on non-English translations of the novel “IQ84” by Murakami Haruki. For those of you who don’t know, Professor Elliott has been Murakami’s translator in Poland for many years. Most recently and miraculously, she managed to complete her translation of his massive […]
Oct 3 Poetry Reading and Conversation
Come enjoy a poetry reading and conversation with Arabic poet Ghassan Zaqtan, on a rare visit to the US, and his Houston-based translator Fady Joudah. It will take place Wednesday, Oct 3, 12-2 in The Castle on Bay State Road. Help yourself to a buffet lunch served in an adjoining room before and throughout the […]
Yoshiya Nobuko Talk by Sarah Frederick
Canclini LIC Talk at MFA
The first Lectures in Criticism talk this year is soon, at an unusual time, and at an unusual venue. Please take note! Nestor Garcia Canclini will be speaking at the Museum of Fine Arts at 6:30 pm on Thursday, September 13. The title of his talk is “Creatividad precaria: los jovenes en una cultura postindustial […]
Travel in Japanese Anime Talk
Please join us next Wednesday at 5pm for our first talk of the semester, by Christophe Thouny of Tokyo University: “Waiting for the King: Kino’s Travels and the Global Imagination of Urban Places” The talk is most relevant to those in or around Japanese studies, but promises to be of interest from other […]
Practice Your Hebrew Over Lunch
A Taste of Hebrew טעם של עברית Taam Shel Ivrit provides an opportunity to engage in a Hebrew conversation over lunch. We meet every other Tuesday from 12:00-1:00 in the Hillel dining room(213 Bay State Rd, 2nd floor). Come to meet new BU students and faculty, Catch up on current events and practice your Hebrew. […]
The Pugilist Poet
Learn more about Persian lecturer Sassan Tabatabai’s secret life of boxing. http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/summer12/secret/
Comparative Lit. major Wins BU Humanities Award
Congratulations to Comparative Literature major Anna Diorio, who has won a BU Center for the Humanities Award!