Lecture

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 […]

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.

Dr. Xiaoyang Zhou Presents at Two International Conferences in 2011

On May 20-21, 2011, Dr. Xiaoyang Zhou presented her paper, “Discussing Teaching Materials of Advanced Chinese Courses at the American University Level,” at Columbia University’s 2011 International Conference on Chinese Textbook and New Teaching Resources. In November 2011, Dr. Zhou traveled to the California Language Teachers Association (CLTA) annual conference, where she acted as Chair of the […]

Beate Alhadeff Presents at 2011 ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo

In November, 2011, Beate Alhadeff presented her paper, “Teaching about the EU via Crisis Issues,” at the 2011 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Held in Denver, Colorado, the international convention hosted over 6000 attendees from a variety of language programs from around the world. The focus of the 2011 […]