BU Workshop on Arab-Russian and Arab-Soviet Ties: Literature, History, and the Arts
This two-day research workshop in February 2017 brought together 13 participants from across history, literature, and the arts: specialists in different disciplines and periods who might not ordinarily engage with each other’s work. The program included presenters from universities on the East Coast as well as Minnesota, Utah, Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates, […]
BU Arab-Russian Workshop February 17-18, 2017
Russia and the Arab World: History, Literature, Arts Pardee School, Boston University 121 Bay State Rd., Boston, MA 02215 Feb 17-18, 2017 Free and open to the public Visit the website here to view details of the event. Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, BU Middle […]
“Situating Lyric” conference June 7-11, 2017
A major international conference on lyric poetry will be co-hosted by WLL and the International Network for the Study of Lyric this June 7-11. BU with its rich traditions of literary study is an ideal place to inquire into the situation of both “lyric” and “poetry” in literary history, in world literature, and in other […]
WORKSHOP: “Illusion and Disillusionment: Travel Writers in the Modern Age”
May 14, 9am-5pm 745 Commonwealth Ave. Room 636 Please join this exciting workshop, the coronation of several meetings of the BU Travel Literature Group, and learn about travel in Asia, the Middle East, the Atlantic world, and the world of literary imagination. PROGRAM Panel 1: 10-11 am “Travel, Adventure, and Self-fashioning: A Frenchman’s Journey to […]
Workshop on Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature, co-edited by Professor Wiebke Denecke
On December 4 and 5 2014 two dozen scholars from the US, Europe, Taiwan, and Vietnam convened at the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department at Harvard to discuss their drafts for an Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature 1000 BCE-900 CE. The workshop was generously sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Study […]
Out of the Haiku Pan and into the Sijo: Poetry Workshop and Reading with David McCann
Friday, November 22, 2013 4:00pm-6:00pm College of Arts & Sciences, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 200 The sijo is a three-line vernacular verse form, a counterpart to the Japanese haiku. The history of the sijo goes back to the 14th century and continues into the present, and like the haiku, it seems to be a […]
Practice Your Hebrew Over Lunch
A Taste of Hebrew טעם של עברית Taam Shel Ivrit provides an opportunity to engage in a Hebrew conversation over lunch. We meet every other Tuesday from 12:00-1:00 in the Hillel dining room(213 Bay State Rd, 2nd floor). Come to meet new BU students and faculty, Catch up on current events and practice your Hebrew. […]
“Gender Representation and Identity in the Middle East” workshop, organized by Roberta Micallef, held at Boston University on September 24, 2011.
On September 24th, 2011, an international workshop on gender identity and representation in the Middle East was held at Boston University. “Gender Representation and Identity in the Middle East” was organized by Roberta Micallef. Participants included scholars from U.S. and Middle East and featured talks by Shahla Haeri, Persis Karim, Sylvia Önder, Roberta Micallef, Kecia Ali, Betty […]