BU Deaf Student’s Journey to Master Arabic
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Anna Zielinska-Elliot’s Guide to Murakami’s Tokyo published
Congratulations to MLCL’s Dr. Anna Zielinska-Elliott on the publication of her book Haruki Murakami i jego Tokio. Przewodnik nie tylko literacki (Haruki Murakami and his Tokyo: A Not-Just-Literary Guide).
Wiebke Denecke’s Norton Anthology published
Congratulations to Wiebke Denecke, MLCL Assistant Professor of Chinese, Japanese and Comparative Literature, on the publication of the new six-volume Norton Anthology of World Literature, of which she was co-editor.
MLCL student wins top prize at Japanese Speech Contest
MLCL student Lauren Makishima took first prize on April 22 at the Japanese Speech Contest sponsored by the Consulate General of Japan. Twelve finalists representing Harvard, MIT and other schools in the area competed in the advanced division. Lauren’s talk addressed Japanese homogeneous cultural identity and what it means to be Japanese from the outside. […]
A Deep Approach to Foreign Language Teaching: Lecture by Dr. Francois Tochon
A Deep Approach to Foreign Language Teaching Dr. Francois Victor Tochon, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison WEDNESDAY MAY 2nd 1:00-3:00 pm CAS 132 SPONSORED BY MLCL and the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations Organizer: Dr. Roberta Micallef Foreign Language Education is handicapped by paradoxes that prevent it from […]
Greater Boston Cherry Blossom Festival
The Japan Society of Boston’s 100th annual Cherry Blossom Festival is happening this spring starting in March and ending in May. Highlights of this festival include Mizue Sawano “Eternal Return” Art Exhibit “Cherry Trees” Japanese Paintings by Meiko Kinoshita Explore Cherry Blossoms: Plant Spotlight on Prunus 2012 ANNUAL DINNER The 2nd Annual Japanese Language Contest […]
Chinese New Year Celebrated
Chinese Language Program hosted “Chinese New Year Party” on Feb 10, 2012. It featured a variety of 25 performances, language, and cultural activities. 180 students and faculty members attended this event.
January 24, 2012 Chinese Language Program Lecture
The Chinese Language Program hosted a lecture by Prof. Chih-ping Chou from Princeton University on Jan 24,2012. The topic was “Chao YuenRen and Chinese Pedagogy.” 55 Chinese-language educators from BU and other institutions in the area attended the lecture and the following reception.
Professor Jan Assmann (University of Konstanz) delivers keynote lecture of BU’s Comparative Studies of the Premodern World Initiative
Keynote Lecture Monday, April 2 The Castle, 225 Bay State Road 4-6pm Difference and Hermeneutics: Comparative Approaches to the Premodern World Guest Speaker: Prof. Jan Assmann (University of Konstanz) Discussant: Professor Christopher I. Lehrich (BU, Religion) GUEST SPEAKER BIO: Jan Assmann was Professor of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg from 1976 – 2003 and is now […]
First in the Holocaust Remembrance Series, Wednesday March 28th
Join Professor Abigail Gillman on Wednesday March 28th from 6:30-8pm in the BU Hillel Lounge for the first of the Holocaust Remembrance Series. In this discussion, “Martin Buber’s Dialogue with Postwar Germany,” Professor Gillman discusses the early Jewish reaction to the Holocaust.