Upcoming Events at the Elie Wiesel Center
Please consider attending one of these upcoming Culture Pass lectures, hosted by the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies! Struggling for Peace: Dialogue and Forgiveness through the Arts will take place on Wednesday, October 30, at 5:00 PM at the Howard Thurman Center (808 Commonwealth Ave, First Floor). This event is in person only. You […]
Book Talk: Han Kang’s Human Acts
Join the BU Korean program for a special joint lecture on this year’s Nobel laureate, Han Kang’s Human Acts (소년이 온다, 2014). This event consists of short presentations by two BU specialists in Korean Literature, Yoon Sun Yang and Dennis Wuerthner, and a discussion of the book’s first chapter, “The Boy, 1980.” An electronic copy […]
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 […]
Talk on Russian Street Art
Join WLL’s Galina Paquette at Global House as she gives a talk about Russian street art! The talk will be delivered in English and Russian, and snacks will be provided. Make sure to register at http://www.linktr.ee/globalhousebu and bring your BU ID to access the building.
Talk with Wendy Pearlman
Join us for a talk by Wendy Pearlman about her new book, The Home I Worked to Make!
12th Annual Sedgwick Lecture: Who is a Queer Ancestor?
Please consider attending this Culture Pass lecture by Professor Tavia Nyong’o! This lecture explores the idea of queer ancestry and the prospects of being a “good ancestor.” It reflects upon the process of memorializing the dead and the risks of secular sainthood. The lecture discusses re-staging a famous encounter between Audre Lorde and James Baldwin, and […]
Get to Know Noh with Chris Ellars
Get to know Noh through a presentation by Japanese major Chris Ellars on Friday, October 4th!
12th Annual Sedgwick Lecture: “Who is a Queer Ancestor?” (4/25)
Please join us for “Who is A Queer Ancestor?,” the Twelfth Annual Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Lecture in Gender & Sexuality Studies with Professor Tavia Nyong’o. This event will take place April 25th at 5PM at The Howard Thurman Center (808 Commonwealth Avenue). This lecture explores the idea of queer ancestry and the prospects of being […]
Kyoto Alumni Talk
On November 6th, Brandon Syms (CAS ’12) spoke via Zoom to students interested in Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS). Brandon studied in Kyoto in the fall of 2011 and returned to Japan in the summer of 2012 after graduating with a major in Japanese & Linguistics to become an English Teacher, teaching for an […]
WLL Senior Lecturer in Hebrew, Mira Angrist, to Speak on BU Digital Learning & Innovation Panel
Announcement from BU Digital Learning & Innovation’s newsletter Click here to view the schedule and register to watch the talk live. Mira Angrist will be presenting “Gamed-Based Learning (GBL) and Gamification in eLearning” This presentation reviews the literature and research on game-based learning and gamification and showcases examples from language eLearning. These strategies can be […]