Geddes Language Center
The Geddes Language Center located on the 5th floor of 685 Commonwealth Ave., works to enhance language learning and teaching through effective use of technology and engaging curriculum. They offer film screening rooms, classrooms, recording rooms/computers, and have a large collection of media in foreign languages for both students and faculty alike.
Boston University Center for the Humanities
The BU Center for the Humanities supports the work of humanities scholars and students at Boston University through fellowships, awards, and events such as our forums. The Center promotes dialogue between humanities disciplines and public constituencies in ways that are vital to civic life.
Related Programs Outside of BU
L’alliance Francaise de Boston/French Cultural Center – The Center, one of more than 800 across the globe, aims to celebrate French language and culture through offering classes for all ages, themed events, speaking groups, as well as a library filled with french language books.
Instituto Cervantes at Harvard University– The Instituto Cervantes is a global non-profit organization devoted to promoting the study and teaching of the Spanish language and Spanish and Hispanic cultures and literatures.
Romance Language Consulates in Boston
- Brazil (Portuguese)
- Canada (French)
- Cape Verde (Portuguese)
- Colombia(Spanish)
- Dominican Republic (Spanish)
- El Salvador (Spanish)
- France (French)
- Italy (Italian)
- Mexico (Spanish)
- Peru (Spanish)
- Portugal (Portuguese)
- Spain (Spanish)
- Switzerland (French)
- Venezuela (Spanish)
Other BU Language Related Programs
- Department of World Languages & Literatures
- German, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Hebrew, Hindi, Persian, Turkish
- Department of Classical Studies
- Modern and Ancient Greek, Latin
- African Studies Center
- Hausa, Amharic, Zulu, Igbo, Swahili, Xhosa, Pular, Wolof
- MFA in Literary Translation
- Department of Linguistics
- Center for English Language and Orientation Programs
- MAT in Modern Foreign Language Education
- Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages
- School of Education Undergraduate Programs
- EdM in Education of the Deaf
- Boston University Center for Interpreter Education