Flamenco Roots: A series of illustrated talks on the music’s origins and evolution. (3-day event)
Traditional romances (ballads) serve us as a clear example of how flamenco has evolved over time. These romances have a long tradition in Andalusia, initially as a popular form of oral artistic expression, and have always occupied a very special place in flamenco singing. From the Middle Ages to the 21st century, romances have traveled […]
PhD Student Leslie Harkema Wins Fulbright Fellowship
Doctoral candidate and Presidential University Fellow Leslie J. Harkema has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Spain for the 2011-2012 academic year, for research on her dissertation entitled “The Aesthetics of Youth: Miguel de Unamuno and ‘la joven literatura.'” She is also the winner of a Boston University Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship. The two awards […]
The Romance Studies Colloquium presents Irit Kleiman
THE ROMANCE STUDIES COLLOQUIUM PRESENTS PROFESSOR IRIT KLEIMAN Spies Like Us: The Real Adventures of Medieval Traitors and the Scholars who Study Them. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 5-7 PM 132 CAS REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED Download flyer.
Professor Maria Soledad Barbon: “Sátira, comida y canibalismo”
YOU ARE INVITED TO A LECTURE “Sátira, comida y canibalismo” BY PROFESSOR MARÍA SOLEDAD BARBÓN UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST TUESDAY APRIL 19 4 PM BOSTON UNIVERSITY CAS-725 COMMONWEALTH AV. ROOM 200 SPONSORED BY BOSTON UNIVERSITY’S GEDDES FUND Download flyer.
Geddes Lecture Series presents Professor Ottavio Di Camillo
Lecture Ottavio Di Camillo Graduate Center at CUNY “At the Origins of Spanish Humanism” Friday, April 15, 2011 5:30pm Boston University College of Arts and Sciences 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 132 Sponsored by the James Geddes, Jr., Lecture Series Download flyer.
Osvaldo Golijov: In Conversation with Alicia Borinsky — The Music of Tango
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Bert Vaux: “What is happening to American and World English?”
Bert Vaux: “What is happening to American and World English?” (Geddes lecture) Wednesday, 4/13 1:00-2:00 PM KCB 101 Reception to follow in 621 Comm. Ave., room B02.
Bert Vaux: “Linguistic Profiling”
Bert Vaux: “Linguistic Profiling” (lecture sponsored by BULA and the CAS Academic Enhancement Fund) Tuesday, 4/12 7:00-8:00 PM KCB 101 Reception to follow in KCB 101.
The Romance Studies Colloquium presents Celia Bianconi
The Romance Studies Colloquium Presents Celia Bianconi “Foreign Language Education, Higher Education Policy and Politics in the United States: How is Higher Education Policy Influenced by Politics in the United States?” Tuesday March 29 5-7 pm 132 CAS Refreshments will be served during the talk. Download flyer.
Special Event: Yves Charles Morin on James Geddes, Jr.
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