A lecture on the relations of T.S. Eliot’s art to his religious beliefs. (Rebroadcast)

The basic visual unit that structures our experience of the medieval book is the opening. From the origins of codex as a medium in late antiquity, and in contrast to the scrolls used in the ancient world, the confrontation of the verso and recto provided the visual field within which scribes and illuminators operated. Openings [...]

This week’s show featured a lecture by Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel which he delivered last week as part of a conference in honor of his 80th birthday sponsored by BU’s Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies.
John Silber, BU president emeritus, introduced Wiesel by recounting the Biblical tale of Job, who lost his family [...]

A lecture sponsored by Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program titled “The Future of Culture in the Age of Commerce: China and India.”