HTC Director Nick Bates Featured on Center Podcast
Managing Director Kurt Cavender welcomes Director of the Howard Thurman Center, Nick Bates, to discuss Thurman’s legacy and relevance to navigating the… More
Chika Okeke-Agulu Delivers Spring Lecture in Criticism
The Center welcomed Robert Schirmer Professor of Art and Archaeology and African American… More
Support the National Endowment for the Humanities
The BU Center for the Humanities traces its founding to a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a… More
Humanists at Work: Margaret Litvin, Associate Professor of Arabic & Comparative Literature
Although Margaret Litvin went to graduate school to study Arabic, she didn’t expect she would end up as a professor. Now an… More
Center Staff Joins National Humanities Advocacy Day
The Center is dedicated to humanities advocacy. Center Managing Director Kurt Cavender, PhD and student staff member Leilani Muchai joined other representatives… More
Meet the Fellows: Jonathan Klawans
Professor of Religion and Jeffrey Henderson Senior Research Fellow Jonathan Klawans digs into Biblical forgeries in his latest project. Learn more… More
Center Hosts Annual Humanities Book Publication Celebration
Faculty and their guests gathered to celebrate another year of humanistic publications at… More
Meet the Fellows: Ying Gong, PhD Candidate in Linguistics
PhD candidate in Linguistics and Dissertation Fellow Ying Gong shares her work on Ursu and highlights the importance of building reciprocal… More
BU Humanists at Work: Yoon Sun Yang, Associate Professor of Korean & Comparative Literature
“How do I convince English-speaking readers of the value of the literary works that were once celebrated as innovative but no longer… More
Anthony Petro Featured on Center Podcast
Center staff member Roni Lakin (CAS '25) sat down with Associate Professor of Religion Anthony Petro to discuss Petro's forthcoming book, Provoking… More