Virtual Exhibit Launch
During an inaugural PhD Summer Internship in the Humanities at the newly founded Race and Regency Lab, Constanza Robles (HAA) curated a virtual exhibit, Visualizing Property, which centers on a 1772 manuscript plan of Belvidere plantation in Jamaica, home to hundreds of enslaved people (c.1600–18333). The exhibit showcases different objects –maps, ceramics, prints, and documents– to contextualize the map […]
CURA Conference on the Jewish Left
On May 3, 2024, members of the Boston University and larger Boston community gathered at Agganis Arena for the first of a series of conferences on The Jewish Left. Presented by the Institute for Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA), the oldest center for the study of religion and world affairs in the United States, […]
Associate Director Margarita Guillory Speaks at 2023 Gitner Lecture
The annual Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family College of Arts & Sciences Lecture is designed to highlight current CAS faculty members, in any field, whose teaching and research addresses topics of major importance for the broad interest and benefit of the BU community. In 2023, the Gitner Lecture explored the question “What does it mean […]