Comparative Literature

Screening of Babushkas of Chernobyl (03/05)

TOMORROW: To mark the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Professors Corrigan (Russian literature), Peri (history), Litvin (Arabic and comparative literature), and I (Kogel) will host a screening of The Babushkas of Chernobyl on Tuesday, March 5th 4:30-6:00. In true babushkas fashion, we will provide some Ukrainian snacks.     About the film: In the radioactive Dead Zone surrounding Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4, […]

Comparative Persianate Aesthetics Symposium

Boston University September 28-29, 2017 154 Bay State Road, The Eilts Room Free and open to the public Middle Eastern and South Asian studies in the last decade have been energized by the idea of the “Persianate” cultural realm in which the Persian language and courtly conduct (adab) played a central role in societies from the Balkans […]

XL 100 Explorations in World Literature: Leaving Home

Fall 2017 CAS XL 100 Explorations in World Literature: Leaving Home Growing up Wisdom quest Migration Sightseeing Escape The theme of leaving home shapes many of the most memorable characters and narratives in world literature, from Sindbad to the Shining Prince Genji, from Snow White to Monkey’s Journey to the West, all the way to […]