This week’s show rebroadcast a lecture titled “Cousins and Strangers: America, Britain and Europe in a New Century” that was presented by the Institute for Human Sciences in cooperation with European Studies at Boston University.
The lecture speaker was Chris Patten, the chancellor of Oxford and Newcastle Universities. Previously, Patten was the member of the British [...]

This show presented a lecture organized by the African Studies Center and the African Studies Program at Boston University and sponsored by the Boston University Humanities Foundation.
The speaker was Dr. J. Lorand Matory, Professor of Anthropology and Afro-American Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. Dr. Matory’s lecture was titled “Persistence and Permutations [...]

This week’s show presented “A Life in Poetry: An Evening with Geoffrey Hill,” a celebration of the career of the renowned poet, author, and teacher by Boston University faculty members. The event was sponsored by the Luce Program in Scripture and Literary Arts, the University Professors Program, and the Hillel at Boston University.
The event [...]

This show featured excerpts from a lecture presented by the Institute for Human Sciences, in cooperation with the Department of International Relations at Boston University.
The speaker of the lecture, titled “Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century,” was former German Defense Minister, Volker Ruhe. Thomas Berger, Boston University Associate Professor of International Relations, responded to Ruhe’s [...]