Posts by: CAS Core Curriculum

Core Writing Fellow Releases New Book on Heritage Tourism in Washington, D.C.

February 11, 2020 at 11:57 am

Lauren Kerby, a former Core Writing Fellow and current education specialist and lecturer at Harvard Divinity School and alumni of Boston University’s Graduate School of Religious Studies, is releasing her new book,Saving History: How White Evangelicals Tour the Nations Capital and Redeem a Christian America,this spring.This debut book is forthcoming through the University of North […]

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Core Authors in the News!

February 5, 2020 at 12:43 pm

Some content for your viewing pleasure… Are you exhausted by the prospect of reading another new translation or adaptation? Are you looking for a new way to experience the story of your favorite hero? Perhaps you should go back to basics and experience a classic text the classic way!This articlediscusses the impact of hearing the […]

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A Multimedia Experience: Attar’s “Conference of the Birds”

January 31, 2020 at 3:16 pm

In Fall 2019, Sassan Tabatabai convened a workshop for Digital/Multimedia Expression, in which students created a multimedia online edition of excerpts from The Conference of the Birds. This edition consists of student-created images and collages that strive to retell Attar’s story in a remediated fashion, in an effort to breathe new life into an ancient […]

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Quixote Nuevo

December 5, 2019 at 11:42 am

Come see one of literature’s greatest heroes come back to life! This ambitious play Quixote Nuevo follows Don Quixote transported to a border town in modern-day Texas, once again searching for his long-lost love. Core will be attending two showings: 12/4 at 7:30 PM; 12/7 at 2:00 PM. Come see Professor Hamill for more details!

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Reacting to the Past

December 2, 2019 at 11:28 am

Have you ever been swept up with revolutionary fervor at the thought of ousting the ancien regime and replacing it with a new, egalitarian, Jacobin order? Probably not, but hear us out. Using a novel pedagogical technique called Reacting to the Past, developed at Barnard, professors at BU have been bringing the past to life […]

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Ajax, Hecuba, and Vietnam

November 21, 2019 at 11:02 am

The image above is taken from a stage adaptation of the Iliad, now performing at ArtsEmerson. A group of Core students is venturing downtown to see this production, titled An Iliad, putting us in mind here on campus about the enduring relevance of this ancient text. Do our modern times still reflect that old world? […]

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On the Relevance of Ancient Authors

November 20, 2019 at 12:07 pm

In the first-year humanities, Core students study works primarily written by people who have been dead for two thousand years or more. It is only natural to wonder whether those peoples ideas are still relevant who cares what Thucydides said? Well, we care what Thucydides said, and we think you should too. Nowadays, its hard […]

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Some Spooky Music for Your Spooky Enjoyment

October 9, 2019 at 9:01 am

Earlier this week, Core alumna Cat Dossett shared with us some vintage Halloween tunes. Check them out here! Whether it is for your Halloween themed gatherings or just for your own enjoyment, this tunes will help you get into the Halloween spirit. Thank you for sharing, Cat.

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Congratulations to the 2019 Polytropos award winners!

May 7, 2019 at 11:07 am

A big round of applause to our seniors for their dedication to the Core Community. The award is given both in recognition of what a student has accomplished and in expectation of what he or she will accomplish, and in gratitude for ongoing mindfulness of the Core Curriculum. The word polytropos, is the first adjective […]

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Core’s Very Own on CNN

April 10, 2019 at 11:38 am

Caroline Brantley, Core alumna ’18 and CAS ’19, appeared on CNN last week talking about the 2020 election. The clip can be viewed below:

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