As the U.S seeks support for a possible war with Iraq, the spotlight has fallen on Germany, one member of the United Nations Security Council that has said they will not support a U.S. war in Iraq. Once seen as the U.S.’s strongest partner in Europe, Germany has now joined France in insisting on [...]

Following on the success of Genesis One, the Luce Program on Scripture and the Literary Arts at Boston University has staged “Man, Woman, Serpent: Genesis and Its Afterlife,” a series of readings from the second and third chapters of the Bible.
The mission of the Luce Program on Scripture and the Literary Arts at Boston University [...]

On this week’s show, leading China expert Joseph Fewsmith spoke on “Political Succession in China: Does It Matter?” Fewsmith is Professor of International Relations and Political Science as well as director of the East Asia Interdisciplinary Studies Program at Boston University. His most recent book is “China after Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition.
In the second [...]

Former U.S. President Harry Truman once said: “The only thing new under the sun is the history we don’t know.” This week’s show marked the beginning of the Black History Month with a lecture from Boston University’s African American Studies lecture series, “Blacks and Asians in the Making of the Modern World.” The lecture, [...]