This week, we have a lecture is presented by Boston University’s Center for the Study of Asia, and, College of General Studies.  Our speaker is Harvard University Professor, Felix Wemheuer.  Professor Wemheuer’s lecture is titled “Famine and Socialism: Exploring the Cases of China and the Soviet Union.”

This week, we have a lecture presented by the International History Institute at Boston University.  Our speaker is Harvard University Professor, Jeffrey Frieden.  Professor Frieden’s lecture is titled “The Short American Century, 1941-2008: Contrasting Views of the Era of American Dominance.”

This week, we have a reading and discussion presented by Boston University’s Humanities Foundation, Institute for Human Sciences, and Center for International Relations, in cooperation with the literary journal AGNI.  The discussion is titled “Poetry and Place” and features Slovenian poet, Tomaz Salamun, and American poet, David Rivard.  (Aired: 12-6-10)

This week, we have a lecture titled “Charles Darwin on the Races of Man.”  Speaking, is Dr. Joseph Graves, Dean of Biological Sciences at North Carolina A&T University.  Our lecture is co-sponsored by Boston University’s African American Studies program and Department of History, the Humanities Foundation, and the Greater Boston Darwin Centennial.  (Aired 10-25-09)

This week, we have a reading and conversation titled “There Lives the Dearest Freshness Deep Down Things.”  The event was presented by Boston University’s Humanities Foundation, Institute for Human Sciences, and Center for International Relations, in cooperation with the literary journal AGNI.  The speakers were poets, Saskia Hamilton, and Kieron Winn.  (Aired 10-18-09)

This week, our lecture is titled “The Gender Revolution in the Philippines: Children and Transnational Mothers.”  The speaker is Rhacel Parreñas, Professor of American Civilization and Sociology at Brown University.  This lecture was sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Study of Asia, in cooperation with the Boston University Department of Sociology.    (Aired: 10-11-09)

This week, we’re bringing you stories written and produced by students from Associate Professor Anne Donohue’s Advanced Radio Journalism class in the College of Communication at Boston University.  The students were asked to write and produce a story that explores either health or science.
Our student contributors were, in order of appearance:
Rick Daishell… Tom Makhlouf… Roxanne [...]

This week, we have a lecture and discussion presented by Boston University’s College of General Studies titled “Famine and Socialism: Exploring the Cases of China and the Soviet Union.”  Speaking is Harvard University visiting scholar, Dr. Felix Wemheuer.
The discussion is moderated by Associate Professor, Shelley Hawks.  Professor Jay Corrin, Division of Social Science Chair in [...]

This week, we have a reading and conversation presented by Boston University’s Humanities Foundation, Institute for Human Sciences, and Center for International Relations, in cooperation with the literary journal AGNI.  The discussion is titled “Out of the Blue: Order From Chaos” and features British poet, playwright, and novelist, Simon Armitage.  Moderating the discussion is Boston Globe Living [...]

This week, we have a reading and discussion presented by Boston University’s Humanities Foundation, Institute for Human Sciences, and Center for International Relations, in cooperation with the literary journal AGNI.  The discussion is titled “Poetry and Place” and features Slovenian poet, Tomaz Salamun, and American poet, David Rivard.