WLL Open House October 19th 3:30pm
We are delighted to host an open house event on Wednesday, October 19th from 3:30-5:00pm! Meet members of our department, learn about… More
2016-2017 Lectures in Criticism
“Tolstoy, Bresson, and the Ground of the Ethical” will be about the relation between the sight of death and ethical understanding in Leo Tolstoy’s… More
WLL Inaugural Symposium: October 10
WLL cordially invites BU faculty and students to join us as WLL faculty members share their research in progress. Monday, October 10th… More
Join us for an Evening with Douglas Crimp
Join us for an evening celebrating Before Pictures, a new memoir by art historian and AIDS activist Douglas Crimp. Where: Kenmore Classroom… More
Professor Margaret Litvin on Arab-Russian Cultural Ties and What’s Unusual about WLL
Professor Margaret Litvin returns to BU this fall from a year as a Frederick S. Burkhardt Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced… More
MLCL Becomes WLL
The Department of World Languages & Literatures (WLL), formerly the Department of Modern Language & Comparative Literature (MLCL), comprises 38 full-time faculty… More
Freedom for Ahmed Naji
Worldwide Reading on May 12, 2016 from 12-1:30pm GSU Art Gallery In February 2016, Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two… More
WLL Student Chosen for Prestigious Boren Scholarship
Caroline Lord has been awarded a David L. Boren Scholarship to study in Jordan during the 2016-17 academic year. Caroline is currently… More
Japan Under Abe: The End of Civil Discourse
Join us on April 14th at 5pm in 745 Commonwealth Avenue room B19 for a lecture by Yuji Kitamaru!Yuji Kitamaru lives in… More
‘No One Like Us Here’: A Century of Latin American Travel to India
Join us on April 20th from 3-5pm in STH 636 for an exciting talk by Professor Roanne Kantor of Brandeis University's Department… More