This show brodcast excerpts from a lecture presented by the University Professors Program at Boston University as part of its Literary Translation Seminars.
The lecture speaker was Peter Fallon, founder of the Gallery Press, Ireland. His lecture was titled “Georgics: Render and Surrender: From Virgil’s Then To Our Now.”
The lecture started with an introduction by [...]

This show presented excerpts from a lecture titled “Germany and the Future of Europe” sponsored by the Institute for Human Sciences in cooperation with the Department of International Relations at Boston University.
The speakers was former Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany, Joschka Fischer, who was introduced by International Relations Department Chairman, Eric Goldstein.

This show presented excerpts a poetry reading and conversation with German author and poet, Hans Magnus Enzensberger.
Enzensberger, considered Germany’s most important living poet, is a highly regarded essayist, journalist, dramatist, editor, publisher, and translator.
The event was sponsored by the Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University, in cooperation with the Goethe Institut Boston, the [...]

This show presented excerpts from the 2007 Gaspar Bacon Lecture, sponsored by the Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University.
The speaker was Ruggles Professor of History and Political Science at Columbia University, Ira Katznelson. Professor Katznelson’s lecture was titled “The Long New Deal: Reflections on Emergency, Uncertainty, and [...]