10.24.2025 and 10.27.2025- Trial a New Language with WLL!
Interested in trying out a new language, but don’t know where to start? Join WLL’s Chinese and Japanese programs for a first taste! These sessions are free and require no experience in the language.
Japanese Coffee Hours for Fall 2025
Come join the WLL Japanese program at Coffee Hour this fall!
Global House Events- 3.19.2025 and 4.5.2025
Please check out the following events from Global House in March and April! Japanese Subcultures: An Aesthetic Celebration 610 Beacon Street, Global House Lounge B14 Wednesday, March 19, 7:00 pm Learn all about Japanese fashion subcultures and make Uchiwa fans with the Japanese Cluster on Wednesday, March 19th. We hope to see you there! Register here. […]
Here Where the River Forever Divides Them in BU Today
Last week’s BU Today featured an article about Here Where the River Forever Divides Them, a hybrid Noh/opera piece designed and performed by Japanese major Chris Ellars for their senior thesis. You can check out the article, which includes quotes from Chris and images from the production, here!
Japanese Coffee Hour- Spring 2025
The Japanese coffee hour returns for the spring 2025 semester! This event is open to all students of Japanese. Please take note of the dates and times, and we hope to see you there!
Author and Translator Event Recorded!
The filmed version of our event with author Kaori Fujino and translator Kendall Heitzman is now available for viewing! The two gave a bilingual reading from Fujino’s award-winning novel Nails and Eyes, followed by a Q&A. Students can view the reading at the link below. https://youtu.be/35oasFBhNIM?feature=shared
Here Where the River Forever Divides Them: A Hybrid Opera & Noh Performance
Please join us as we explore Opera and Japanese Noh Drama through the lens of Queer Aesthetics in “Here Where the River Forever Divides Them: A Hybrid Opera & Noh Performance.” Written, produced, and directed by WLL senior Chris Ellars with a cast of WLL and BU Opera Institute Students December 17, 6:00-7:30 pm at Marsh […]
Global House Applications Open!
GH Application Open! Are you interested in joining Global House as a member? Do you have at least intermediate-low proficiency in a Global House language (equivalent to completing 2nd semester language course)? Are you an advanced, native, or heritage speaker? Please join us! Our applications for Spring 2025 and Academic Year 2025-2026 are now open! Spring deadline […]
New BA to MFA in Literary Translation!
Beginning in spring 2025, undergraduate students will be able to apply for a BA to MFA in Literary Translation! Accepted students will be able to count two classes towards both degrees in their senior year, getting a head start on the master’s program. There are currently eight areas of study for the new program, including […]
Global Asian Literary Studies Lecture: Distant Listening
Join Professor Matthew Fraleigh from Brandeis and WLL’s own Professor Dennis Wuerthner in a talk on Japanese sinitic poetry! Sound is fundamental to most definitions of poetry, a mode of expression often distinguished by the combined emphasis it places upon both sound and sense. But what about poetry written in a language by those who […]