Lecture

BU Chinese Program Hosts 8th Annual New England Chinese Language Teachers Association Conference

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The Chinese program hosted The 8th New England Chinese Language Teachers Association’s Annual Conference on October 5th, 2019. The conference was a big success, with more than 60 presentations and over 150 participants.  Jennifer Rudolph, Professor of Asian History and Director of the China Hub and the Hangzhou Project Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, delivered […]

2019 Sushi Lecture

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The “History Wars” and the “Comfort Woman” Issue: Revisionism and the Right-wing in Contemporary Japan and the U.S. Tomomi Yamaguchi (Montana State University) An issue of intense controversy currently in Japan is “comfort women”, with many in the right wing relentlessly attacking the accepted historical narrative and denying that there was any government involvement in, […]

On the Edge: Cultural Appropriation or Cultural Sharing?

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Please join us for our upcoming BU Center for the Study of Asia symposium at Boston University: Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018  from 2:15-5:15 pm  at 53 Bay State Road (near Kenmore Square), Boston University  (Note the location, which is different from most BUCSA events) SPEAKERS: Ian Condry “Wamono” Boom: Japanese hip-hop DJs discover their roots in local […]

What is Democracy?: Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Members of the WLL Faculty

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What is Democracy?: Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Astra Taylor (director) and BU Faculty (Lida Maxwell, Petrus Liu, Vivien Schmidt, Spencer Piston, Margaret Litvin) 10/24 at 5pm, Photonics 206 URL: https://www.bu.edu/cas/community/calendar/?eid=219235 BU will host one of the first American screenings of Astra Taylor’s new documentary, “What is Democracy?”, followed by a short panel discussion with the […]

BUNITED Student-Led Diversity Conference 2.18.18

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BUNITED Student Diversity Conference is a Boston-wide collegiate event. We welcome all students from all universities! The day will consist of various workshops that will cover topics stemming from oppressive systems such as mass incarceration, anti-blackness within non-black communities, misogyny, mental health, self-care and imperialism. Through our theme “Get to the Root: Unearthing Oppression and […]

Micallef Organizes Literary Talk

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Professor Micallef was asked to organize a conversation on a literary topic by Erkut Gomulu, the organizer of the Boston Turkish Festival: The Colors of Anatolia.

Haiku as World Literature

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BUCSA Asian Cultural Heritage Series Part I : The Art of Letters Haiku as World Literature A Celebration of the 150th Birthday of Haiku Poet Masaoka Shiki October 12 & 13, 2017 Haiku is perhaps the best travelled of all world literary genres. Since the seventeenth century, when Matsuo Bashō wrote his masterpiece, The Narrow […]

WLL Research Fellow, Dr. Sayed Hassan Hussaini, Invited to ECOTHEE 2017

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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 […]