Voice and Voicelessness in Medieval Europe and Beyond
Interdisciplinary conference in medieval studies 28 February & 1 March 2013 Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 200 This 2-day international conference brings together scholars in literature, theology, law, art history, history, and musicology, to examine the practices and values attached to the human voice in medieval cultures. The topic of voice and voicelessness […]
Conversation with Gil Hovav Friday 11/16
Annual Humanities Lecture: David Harvey
David Harvey will deliver the annual Humanities Lecture next week, on Thursday October 18 at 5 pm in Photonics 906. The title of his talk is “The Urbanization of Anti-Capitalist Struggle.” A reception will follow the lecture. Professor Harvey will also offer an open seminar to faculty and graduate students on Friday, October 19, at […]
Anna Elliott’s Talk on “IQ84” at Harvard
Next TUESDAY, Oct. 2, MLCL’s own Anna Zielinska-Elliott will be speaking on a panel at Harvard on non-English translations of the novel “IQ84” by Murakami Haruki. For those of you who don’t know, Professor Elliott has been Murakami’s translator in Poland for many years. Most recently and miraculously, she managed to complete her translation of his massive […]
Oct 3 Poetry Reading and Conversation
Come enjoy a poetry reading and conversation with Arabic poet Ghassan Zaqtan, on a rare visit to the US, and his Houston-based translator Fady Joudah. It will take place Wednesday, Oct 3, 12-2 in The Castle on Bay State Road. Help yourself to a buffet lunch served in an adjoining room before and throughout the […]
Yoshiya Nobuko Talk by Sarah Frederick
Canclini LIC Talk at MFA
The first Lectures in Criticism talk this year is soon, at an unusual time, and at an unusual venue. Please take note! Nestor Garcia Canclini will be speaking at the Museum of Fine Arts at 6:30 pm on Thursday, September 13. The title of his talk is “Creatividad precaria: los jovenes en una cultura postindustial […]
Travel in Japanese Anime Talk
Please join us next Wednesday at 5pm for our first talk of the semester, by Christophe Thouny of Tokyo University: “Waiting for the King: Kino’s Travels and the Global Imagination of Urban Places” The talk is most relevant to those in or around Japanese studies, but promises to be of interest from other […]
A Deep Approach to Foreign Language Teaching: Lecture by Dr. Francois Tochon
A Deep Approach to Foreign Language Teaching Dr. Francois Victor Tochon, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison WEDNESDAY MAY 2nd 1:00-3:00 pm CAS 132 SPONSORED BY MLCL and the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations Organizer: Dr. Roberta Micallef Foreign Language Education is handicapped by paradoxes that prevent it from […]
January 24, 2012 Chinese Language Program Lecture
The Chinese Language Program hosted a lecture by Prof. Chih-ping Chou from Princeton University on Jan 24,2012. The topic was “Chao YuenRen and Chinese Pedagogy.” 55 Chinese-language educators from BU and other institutions in the area attended the lecture and the following reception.