Calendar
On our calendar you’ll find a selection of Europe-related events in and around Boston. The calendar includes events organized by the Center for the Study of Europe at Boston University and by other departments on campus, as well as a some off-campus events of possible interest. You can narrow the selection by clicking the appropriate topic (e.g., “Center for the Study of Europe Events”) under Event Topics below.
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All Topics (February 23 through April 30)
Monday, February 23
- 10:00 AM
War and Peace: The Results of Four Years of War
Join us for a presentation by General David McKiernan and Ambassador Mark Storella, moderated by Professor Kaija Schilde. These esteemed speakers will address key questions including: how has the Ukraine […]
Thursday, February 26
- All Day
Architectures of the Apocalypse: An Interdisciplinary Conference
This multi-day conference/workshop for students and scholars of the Middle Ages, the ancient world, and the present day. will bring together scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplines in
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Monday, March 16
- All Day
Transatlantic Relations in a New World Order
Join us on March 16, 2026 for a presentation by Tormod Heir and Eugene Chausovsky. Registration details will be shared soon.
Friday, March 20
- 2:30 PM
Prismatic Rilke: Translation, Version, Multiple
Professor Karen Leeder (FRSA, MAE) is a writer and translator and Schwarz-Taylor Chair of German Language Literature at the University of Oxford. Her research lies especially in modern and contemporary […]
Wednesday, March 25
- 2:00 PM
Protest in the Provinces: Coming to Terms with Capitalism in Russia's Company Towns
Join us for a book talk with Dr. Allison Evans. More details and the registration link will be posted soon.
Friday, March 27
- 2:30 PM
Too Horny for Hexameter: Translating Elegiac Couplets
Christopher Childers is the author of The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse, a TLS and Australian Book Review Best Book of 2024 and a finalist for the […]
Monday, April 13
- 2:30 PM
Translating Medea: The Poetry and the Drama of the Woman and the Play
Dr. Sophie Klein is a classicist who loves reading, seeing, staging, and teaching ancient drama. She has taught a wide range of courses on language, civilization, literature, and drama at […]
Monday, April 20
- 2:30 PM
Ekphrasis as Cultural Translation and Method in Pamuk’s My Name is Red
Erdağ Göknar is Associate Professor of Turkish Studies at Duke University and former director of the Duke Middle East Studies Center. He is a scholar of literary and cultural studies […]
Wednesday, April 22
- 5:30 PM
A Reading and Conversation with Marie NDiaye
Join us for a reading and conversation with esteemed author Marie NDiaye
Thursday, April 30
- All Day
A Conversation with Alexander Hemon & Velibor Božović
More details will be posted soon.