Professor Tabatabai at Boston Poetics Workshop- 3.28.2025
WLL’s own Professor Tabatabai will be presenting “The Double-Edged Sword of Literary Translation: Translating Persian to English and English to Persian” at this year’s Boston Poetics Workshop! You can attend his talk on March 28th in the Kilachand Hall first-floor common room- please RSVP at the QR code below.
The 13th Annual Sedgwick Lecture- 3.27.2025
The Thirteenth Annual Sedgwick Lecture in Gender & Sexuality Studies March 27th, 5:00 PM, The Howard Thurman Center with Professor Juana Rodriguez Juana María Rodríguez is a cultural critic who writes about sexual cultures, racial politics, and the many tangled expressions of Latina identity. A Professor of Ethnic Studies and Performance Studies at UC Berkeley, she is the […]
Global House Events- 3.19.2025 and 4.5.2025
Please check out the following events from Global House in March and April! Japanese Subcultures: An Aesthetic Celebration 610 Beacon Street, Global House Lounge B14 Wednesday, March 19, 7:00 pm Learn all about Japanese fashion subcultures and make Uchiwa fans with the Japanese Cluster on Wednesday, March 19th. We hope to see you there! Register here. […]
Upcoming Cultural Events!
Korean/Spanish Multicluster Event: Telenovela/K-Drama Murder Mystery Night Fri. Nov. 15, 6-7pm, Multipurpose Room (610 Beacon St) Untangle the shared tropes of telenovelas and k-dramas in this fun murder mystery night! This year’s event has even more twists and turns, not to mention a few red herrings. This event is in English, Korean, and Spanish. Register […]
Upcoming Events at the Elie Wiesel Center
Please consider attending one of these upcoming Culture Pass lectures, hosted by the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies! Struggling for Peace: Dialogue and Forgiveness through the Arts will take place on Wednesday, October 30, at 5:00 PM at the Howard Thurman Center (808 Commonwealth Ave, First Floor). This event is in person only. You […]
Book Talk: Han Kang’s Human Acts
Join the BU Korean program for a special joint lecture on this year’s Nobel laureate, Han Kang’s Human Acts (소년이 온다, 2014). This event consists of short presentations by two BU specialists in Korean Literature, Yoon Sun Yang and Dennis Wuerthner, and a discussion of the book’s first chapter, “The Boy, 1980.” An electronic copy […]
Global Asian Literary Studies Lecture: Distant Listening
Join Professor Matthew Fraleigh from Brandeis and WLL’s own Professor Dennis Wuerthner in a talk on Japanese sinitic poetry! Sound is fundamental to most definitions of poetry, a mode of expression often distinguished by the combined emphasis it places upon both sound and sense. But what about poetry written in a language by those who […]
Talk on Russian Street Art
Join WLL’s Galina Paquette at Global House as she gives a talk about Russian street art! The talk will be delivered in English and Russian, and snacks will be provided. Make sure to register at http://www.linktr.ee/globalhousebu and bring your BU ID to access the building.
Talk with Wendy Pearlman
Join us for a talk by Wendy Pearlman about her new book, The Home I Worked to Make!
12th Annual Sedgwick Lecture: Who is a Queer Ancestor?
Please consider attending this Culture Pass lecture by Professor Tavia Nyong’o! This lecture explores the idea of queer ancestry and the prospects of being a “good ancestor.” It reflects upon the process of memorializing the dead and the risks of secular sainthood. The lecture discusses re-staging a famous encounter between Audre Lorde and James Baldwin, and […]