This week, we have a lecture presented by the African American Studies Center at Boston University.  Our speaker is John Stauffer, Professor of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University.  Professor Stauffer’s lecture is titled “Douglass and Lincoln in the Age of Obama, and their critics.”
Professor Stauffer is introduced by Gene Jarrett, Professor [...]

This week, we have a reading and discussion presented by Boston University’s Institute for Human Sciences, and, Center for International Relations, in cooperation with the literary journal AGNI.  The discussion is titled “Euro-Dentity: Webs of Language and Self” and features Basque writer, Bernardo Atxaga; and Mexican-American essayist, Ilan Stavans.  Moderating the discussion is Boston Globe [...]

Our lecture this week is presented by the Boston University African American Studies program, and, Latin American Studies program.  Speaking is Dr. Ben Vinson, Director of the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University.  Dr. Vinson’s lecture is titled “Caste in Mexico.”�
Our speaker is introduced by Professor Linda Heywood, Director of the African American [...]

Our discussion this week is presented by Boston University’s Institute for Human Sciences, and, Center for International Relations, in cooperation with the literary journal AGNI.  The discussion is titled “Translating a Moving Target: Poetry of a New Romania,” and features Romanian poet, Liliana Ursu, and translator, Sean Cotter.
AGNI founder, Askold Melnyczuk, moderates the discussion and introduces [...]