Category: Activities

Summer Program in Athens, Greece

December 14, 2012 at 11:52 am

The Core Curriculum and the Department of Classical Studies invite you to consider studying with us this summer in Athens, Greece. The program will consist of two courses to be taught on the beautiful campus of Deree: The American College of Greece, situated in the Agia Paraskevi suburb of Athens.  Students will study the Greek [...]

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The Nutcracker performance in Harvard Square

November 27, 2012 at 4:43 pm

The Core didn’t have enough tickets for all current students to go see the Boston Ballet production of The Nutcracker this year, but ’tis the season for holiday ballet, so students of the Core are strongly encouraged to pursue the alternate routes to an audience seat. 1. Look into getting student rush tickets to the BB production, [...]

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Gilgamesh unveiling at Harvard

September 12, 2012 at 9:15 am

Core students may be interested in attending the installation of the “Gilgamesh” sculpture at Harvard’s Museum of Natural History this Thursday, September 13th starting at 5:30 pm. The unveiling will be accompanied by a reading from translator David Ferry. Visit http://www.geomus.fas.harvard.edu for more information regarding the event.

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Notes from the May EnCore Book Club

May 23, 2012 at 4:48 pm

An emphatic discussion was held last week Wednesday the 9th at the EnCore Book Club meeting. Professor Loren J. Samons kindly attended our discussion of his book What’s Wrong With Democracy? From Athenian Practice to American Worship (University of California Press, 2004). We discussed ancient and contemporary politics, the business of government, and the interconnectedness of social, economic, and other issues. To learn more, read on!

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Announcing Ecofest 2012

April 9, 2012 at 10:46 am

This year’s Ecofest (formerly the Ecolympics) is about to begin! Ecofest is a week-long series of events to raise awareness about the human footprint on the environment and the consequent species loss. Here are five reasons why you should sign up and participate: You will have a chance to save our corner of the living [...]

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Medea! This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

April 5, 2012 at 3:51 pm

The Calliope Project invites members of the Core community to come out tonight to see their production of Euripides’ Medea. This adaptation, translated by Ian Johnston and directed by Ryan Collins and A. Harry Gustafson, sets the tragic events of Euripides’ masterpiece in a vaguely post-apocalyptic setting. All performances — Thursday the 5th, Friday 4/6, [...]

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Core to see Pride & Prejudice on stage

March 8, 2012 at 1:42 pm

On March 20th, the second-year Core Humanities students will hear a lecture on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice by the novelist Allegra Goodman.  Dr. Goodman’s most recent book The Cookbook Collector has been described as a “Sense and Sensibility for the digital age.” We are fortunate that a theatrical version of Pride and Prejudice is [...]

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Planning Meeting for Spring ’12 Aristophanes

January 30, 2012 at 11:35 am

As many of you know every year Core and Classics does an informal but wild Aristophanes play, with students and faculty joining in. The time has come once more to think of Aristophanes, candy-throwing, and phallic processions. We will be having a preliminary meeting for anyone interested in being part of the show this Wednesday, [...]

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CFA School of Music presents: World Music Concert

December 8, 2011 at 3:53 pm

Winter blues and finals got you down? Come to a special world music performance this Saturday and be transported to another land! The event will feature Balinese Shadow Plays, along with the BU West African Music and Dance Ensemble, the BU Greek Music Ensemble. This Saturday, December 10, at 8 p.m., in the concert hall [...]

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Core Scavenger Hunt on Saturday

October 27, 2011 at 11:00 am

A message from Prof. Eckel… This is just a reminder that we are planning an exciting (and challenging) new scavenger hunt this Saturday through the galleries and graveyards of Boston. I hope that you will consider putting together a team and joining the competition. The hunt will begin in the Core office (CAS 119) at [...]

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