WLL Research Fellow, Dr. Sayed Hassan Hussaini, Invited to ECOTHEE 2017
Dr. Sayed Hassan Hussaini (Akhlaq), WLL Research Fellow, was invited to the 5th International Conference on Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics, ECOTHEE 2017, at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Greece from October 23rd to 27th, 2017. This international conference was organized by the World Council of Churches and Orthodox Academic of Crete to engage […]
Welcome, Dr. Xin Wei, to World Languages & Literatures and the BU Center for the Humanities!
Dr. Xin Wei is joining us this year as the Korean Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in WLL. She completed her PhD in Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford, with a focus on Korea. After taking her undergraduate degree in China, she has had extensive experience studying and researching in Korea and Japan. Her work focuses […]
Welcome, Dr. Sayed Hassan Hussaini (Akhlaq)!
Dr. Sayed Hassan Hussaini (Akhlaq) is a Research Fellow in the Department of World Languages & Literatures. Originally from Afghanistan, he received his PhD in 2009 from the Allameh Tabatabai University, Iran, in the field of comparative philosophy. He has been affiliated with Princeton University, George Washington University and The Catholic University of America, before […]
Congratulations to our Seniors!
The World Languages & Literatures Department gathered together on a sunny Sunday morning, May 21st to celebrate the commencement of our graduating seniors. In an intimate ceremony, faculty members had the opportunity to stand in front of students, families, and friends to share a collection of stories and fond memories of each of the graduates. […]
Luluah Mustafa Obtains Certification to become Official Rater for the Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages
WLL congratulates Luluah Mustafa, senior lecturer in Arabic program, on achieving certification to become an official rater for the Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages. Luluah is the first member of BU’s language faculty to obtain this qualification, which is administered by the American Council for Teaching Foreign Languages. This particular certification entails a […]
Elie Wiesel’s legacy honored in day of learning, Daily Free Press
Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace and humanitarian activist, was also Professor in the Humanities at Boston University where he taught and lectured every fall for almost forty years. Working together with the University administration, Abigail Gillman, as interim director of the Wiesel Center in 2016-17, was responsible for planning a day-long […]
Welcome, Dr. Xin Wei, to World Languages & Literatures and the BU Center for the Humanities!
Dr. Xin Wei is joining us this year as the Korean Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in WLL. She completed her PhD in Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford, with a focus on Korea. After taking her undergraduate degree in China, she has had extensive experience studying and researching in Korea and Japan. Her work focuses […]
Welcome, Dr. Sayed Hassan Hussaini (Akhlaq)!
Dr. Sayed Hassan Hussaini (Akhlaq) is a Research Fellow in the Department of World Languages & Literatures. Originally from Afghanistan, he received his PhD in 2009 from the Allameh Tabatabai University, Iran, in the field of comparative philosophy. He has been affiliated with Princeton University, George Washington University and The Catholic University of America, before […]
MLCL Open House
Margaret Litvin’s Book Launch for Four Arab Hamlet Plays
MLCL’s own Margaret Litvin has co-edited and co-translated an anthology, Four Arab Hamlet Plays. A book launch with staged readings will be in NYC on March 14! To learn more, please go to the event website, here.