The Stone and the Wireless: Mediating China 1896 – 1906 (03/18)
March 18: China in Loops: Signals from 1900 and 2018. 8 pm Shaoling Ma Assistant Professor of Humanities (Literature) at Yale-NUS College This lecture will be held virtually over Zoom. Please register for the event here: https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwscuGgpzorHNU_9HSgM4FFC0ykW3fUo8f0 Abstract: The project of knowing China finds itself in varying loops. Around the turn of the twentieth century, […]
2022 Translation Prizes
Minor Transpacific: Triangulating American, Japanese, and Korean Fictions. (02/17)
February 17. Minor Transpacific: Triangulating American, Japanese, and Korean Fictions. 6:30 – 8:00 pm David S. Roh Associate Professor of English and Director of the Digital Matters Lab The University of Utah This event will be held virtually over Zoom. There is a tendency to think of Korean American literature—and Asian American literature writ large—as […]
WLL Senior Seminar Presentations (12/7 and 12/8)
Please join us next Tuesday and Wednesday as seniors majoring in WLL present their Capstone Projects to the WLL community. As you can see from the titles below, the projects reflect the rich diversity of languages and literary cultures that we study in WLL. The theme of this year’s senior seminar (XL 479) is “life writing,” […]
Theorizing Boys Love as a Transformative Genre (11/10 recording)
Diwali Celebration (11/12)
Theorizing BL (Boys Love) as a Transformative Genre 11/10
Literature, Friendship, and the Question of Dissent After the Military Revolt of 1170 (10/21)
Join us this Thursday for a virtual talk from our own Professor Dennis Wuerthner at 4:30 pm. This event does count as a Korean culture pass. Information for registration can be found at this link: https://korea.fas.harvard.edu/event/literaturefriendshipandquestionofdissent
Festivals of India 10/15
Hindi/Urdu Event: Festivals of India Friday, Oct. 15, 4-6pm, Global House English Room Global House is co-sponsoring this event with the Dept. of World Languages & Literatures. Join us as we celebrate several festivals of India through presentations, student artwork, music, food, and dance. This event is in English and open to all BU students. […]
What Happened to Independent TV Journalism in Russia (10-12)
Join us for this culture pass event with Dr. Ksenia Turkova (Kiriya) on October 12th!