This week’s show featured a lecture titled “Being British, Feeling Muslim” by Farhan Nizami, Director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and Prince of Wales Fellow in the Study of the Islamic World at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Nizami’s speech was given at a conference titled “Muslims in Europe” that was held by the Institute for [...]

This week’s show featured a discussion titled “Democracy: Ancient and Modern” with Loren J. Samons II, Associate Professor of Classics and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University.
Dean Samons spoke about the history of democracy, particularly in Ancient Rome, and how the democracies of the current day can learn [...]

This show featured a conversation with comic actor Gene Wilder. Recently, he sat down with Robin Young, host of the WBUR program Here & Now, at Boston University’s Barnes and Noble bookstore. Wilder talked about his career on stage and in film as well as about his years with actress and comedienne Gilda Radner.
Wilder has [...]

This week’s show featured a panel discussion on developments in democracy in Ukraine and Russia, the relationship between the two countries, their history, and their future.
The discussion was sponsored by the Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University. The panelists were Lilia Shevtsova, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Roman Szporluk, [...]

On this show, Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen talked about the future of ballet and his vision for the company. The discussion was sponsored by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University as part of its Student Enrichment Series.
Mikko Nissinen is recognized internationally as an accomplished dancer, teacher, and artistic director. [...]