Professor William Waters appointed Associate Director of Center for the Study of Europe
Professor William Waters, Associate Professor and Chair of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, has been appointed Associate Director of Center for the Study of Europe effective January 1, 2012. Professor Waters’ role will be to oversee humanities-related events (in collaboration with other humanities faculty) as well as to help develop programs, grants, and events that will deepen […]
Professor Sunil Sharma co-curates three exhibitions celebrating the Persian “Book of Kings”
The Shahnama, or “Book of Kings,” is an epic Persian poem completed 1,000 years ago. Three related exhibitions in Boston and Cambridge celebrate the millennium of the completion of this great work. Romantic Interludes: Women in Firdawsi’s Shahnama Museum of Fine Arts, Boston April 24, 2010 – January 16, 2011 Heroic Gestes: Epic Tales from Firdawsi’s Shahnama […]
Professor Sunil Sharma co-curating “Sacred Spaces” exhibition at Harvard’s Sackler Museum
Professor Sunil Sharma is co-curating an exhibition at Harvard University’s Sackler Museum titled Sacred Spaces: The World of Dervishes, Fakirs, and Sufis. This exhibition combines representations of Islamic holy men in Sufi traditions with calligraphic specimens of mystical texts. The exhibition runs from August 6, 2009 to January 3, 2010. Professor Sharma has organized the exhibit […]
BU to honor director Zhang Yimou
On November 7th, representatives from Boston University presented famed film director Zhang Yimou with an official invitation to attend BU’s Commencement ceremonies next spring, where he will be awarded an honorary degree. Zhang’s international profile received a boost last summer, when he directed the spectacular opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing.