In 1952, the “Partisan Review,” one of America’s oldest and most respected literary and cultural journals, asked American intellectuals to assess the effects of political and cultural changes due to events following WWII, such as the rise of communism, the Cold War, and America’s emerging economic superiority. Earlier this month and 50 years after the [...]

Every year, as the academic year draws to a close, Boston University honors a number of professors for their outstanding work in the classroom and with their students. The Metcalf Award and the Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching were established in 1974 by Arthur G. B. Metcalf, who was a longtime chairman [...]

Each year, the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University presents a series of lectures based on a common theme. The 2001/2002 lecture series is entitled “Promise and Peril: The Paradox of Religion As Resource and Threat.” On this week’s show, we presented a lecture titled “Who Speaks For Islam? A Sampling of Reformist [...]

Vienna was recovering from the May 9, 1873 “Black Friday” stock market crash when Johann Strauss II first staged his most famous operetta, Die Fledermaus (The Bat), in April 1874. On this week’s show, we presented an updated version of “Die Fledermaus” by the director of opera programs at Boston University’s Opera Institute, Sharon Daniels. [...]