Guggenheim Fellowship 2025
The 100th class of Fellows is part of the Guggenheim Foundation’s yearlong celebration marking a century of transformative impact on American intellectual and cultural life. Our own Louis Chude Sokei has been selected as a Fellow in the category of General Non-Fiction for his forthcoming book and research exploring technology, race and the Humanities. Machines […]
Trivia Night at Trident
Thanks to our DUS, Professor Lee for hosting another rousing night of literature related trivia at Trident Cafe! Play along below and join us next time!
Trust by Ginger Lazarus
Trust by Ginger Lazarus (GRS’02) Directed by Bridget Kathleen O’Leary 2024 recipient of the Jack Welch Developmental Residency FREE reading: Sunday, Dec. 8, at 4 p.m. After the breakdown of civilization, an impromptu community takes shape. Combining their skills to protect and sustain themselves, the members hold their own until a new arrival challenges their interdependence. Surviving […]
Soft Star by Tina Esper
Soft Star by Tina Esper Directed by Bridget Kathleen O’Leary November 14-24 Jane and Belle are best friends. Their husbands are best friends. Someday, their children will be best friends. And of course, they don’t have any secrets from each other. What could possibly go wrong? A play about what happens when the only plan you’ve […]
Webinar – Greening the Arctic
Join Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the University of Cambridge’s Scott Polar Research Institute for the next event in the Arctic Environmental Humanities Workshop Series, titled “Greening the Arctic,” on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from 10:00-11:30 am EST (3:00-4:30 pm GMT). The Arctic is warming up to four times faster than […]
Clay Cane – Wednesday 10/16
Clay Cane, author of the NYT bestseller The Grift and host of The Clay Cane Show on Sirius XM radio will be coming to BU, invited by Professor Koritha Mitchell for a meet and greet and lecture on Wednesday, October 16th. Through his media presence, Clay Cane is doing important work to challenge the mainstream tendency of […]
Driving in Circles: a new musical by Jay Eddy
BU Students may request a FREE ticket at the Box Office on the day of performance, subject to availability; they should simply identify themselves as a BU student and present their ID. (The Box Office opens one hour before each performance.) They may also purchase tickets in advance at the Student rate of $10 (no fees!), if […]
Digital Creators Awards in the Humanities
The BU Center for the Humanities announces the new Digital Creators Awards in the Humanities, a celebration of the work that BU undergraduate students are creating at the intersection of humanistic subjects and emerging technologies. Students are invited to submit their projects to one of four categories: Web Design (i.e., websites, digital exhibitions) Audio (i.e., […]
Professor Joe Rezek – Why the UK and US Can’t Agree on Book Titles
Text and video by Devin Hahn Back in the late 1990s, when the first Harry Potter book was becoming a global phenomenon, children in the United Kingdom and the United States were actually reading two different books. OK, the content of the books was (mostly) the same, but the titles were different: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in the UK, Harry Potter and […]
Let’s hide behind the chainsaws!
October is my favorite month: the air is crisper, the leaves are changing, and there’s so many scary movies to watch! I try to see one every day, and in the age of what many like to call “elevated horror,” there is honestly too much to choose from. See my watch list below! But why […]