International Day of Dance – Pop Up Celebration – 4.29.2025
Come celebrate International Day of Dance with fellow students at the GSU. Watch short performances and learn from student dancers! RSVP here!
Here Where the River Forever Divides Them in BU Today
Last week’s BU Today featured an article about Here Where the River Forever Divides Them, a hybrid Noh/opera piece designed and performed by Japanese major Chris Ellars for their senior thesis. You can check out the article, which includes quotes from Chris and images from the production, here!
BU Chinese Program Hosts a Vibrant Lunar New Year Celebration
The Boston University Chinese Program, in collaboration with the Global House and the Study Abroad Office, hosted a 2025 Lunar New Year celebration on Feb 3rd, drawing nearly 200 participants to an evening filled with cultural immersion and festive cheer. The event featured a variety of interactive workshops, including a dumpling-making workshop, calligraphy, paper cutting, Peking opera face […]
Chinese New Year Cultural Fair- 2.3.2025
Celebrate Chinese New Year in style! WLL’s Chinese program, Study Abroad, and Global House are coming together to host an incredible culture fair to commemorate the Year of the Snake. There will be delicious Chinese food, games, art, workshops, and more! Please register for the event through the QR code in the poster- you can […]
Diwali Celebration!
Hindi-Urdu program at World Languages and Literatures at BU is hosting its annual Diwali celebration on Thursday 11/14 from 7-8:30pm and you are invited to this interfaith celebration of light, hope, and togetherness. The plan is to gather outside the Marsh Chapel and light lamps together and then move to STH B23-24 (745 Commonwealth Avenue) for interfaith […]
Congratulations to Ibrahim Fawzy!
Congratulations to Ibrahim Fawzy, one of our MFA in Literary Translation students, for receiving a 2024 Global Africa Translation Fellowship!
Chinese New Year Celebration Fair Newsletter
On February 8th 2023, BU Chinese Program partnered with Global House Chinese cluster to host an in-person Chinese New Year Celebration Fair. This is the first in person CNY celebration after Covid-19. The event theme this year, according to the event coordinator Liling Huang, is to experience the activities locals do in traditional CNY. […]
2021 Virtual Celebration of our Graduates
WLL faculty, staff, and students gathered on Zoom with families and friends to celebrate our hard working class of 2021. The virtual event kicked off with a welcome address from Professor Margaret Litvin (available here), WLL Department Chair, followed by a student address from Jiaxin Peng, who graduated Magna Cum Laude with a major in […]
Senior Lecturer Hongyun Sun Elected to NECLTA
Hongyun Sun was elected to join the Board of Directors for New England Chinese Teachers Association. NECLTA (New England Chinese Teachers Association) is a nonprofit, academic and educational organization devoted exclusively to the study of Chinese language, culture and pedagogy. Established in 2012, NECLTA creates the regional support for the teachers in Chinese language, literature, […]
2020 Virtual Celebration of our Graduates
WLL faculty, staff, and students gathered on Zoom with families and friends to celebrate our hard working class of 2020. The virtual event kicked off with a welcome address from Professor Keith Vincent (available here), WLL Department Chair, followed by a student address from Nadine Chen, who graduated Magna Cum Laude with a double major […]