November 28, 2011 at 9:57 am
Tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 p.m., Professor John Platoff of Trinity College will deliver a lecture titled “The Beatles and the Rolling Stones Get Political: ‘Revolution’ and ‘Street Fighting Man’”, in Room B-36, School of Theology (745 Commonwealth Avenue). This event is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Karbank Fund; all members of the […]
October 19, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Students and alumni are invited to join a lunchtime discussion tomorrow afternoon (Thursday, October 20th), from 11:30-12:30PM in the School of Theology basement, room B-24. Professor Christopher Ricks of the BU Editorial Institute will be talking about John Donne and Bob Dylan. Professor Ricks has written extensively about English poetry, and in 2005 published a […]
October 19, 2011 at 11:58 am
Come and enjoy various scenes from famous plays and works of literature performed and directed by the Core student and Core alumni members of Calliope Project theater troupe. The pieces at this Friday”s show are drawn from sources including Hamlet, Eurydice, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, and the poetry […]
October 12, 2011 at 8:57 am
The “Arab Shakespeare Trilogy”: Staging a Region in Tumult, 2002-2011 What: Lunch and public conversation with video examples from Sulayman Al-Bassam’s “Arab Shakespeare Trilogy” Who: Anglo-Kuwaiti theater director Al-Bassam, MLCL Arabic literature professor Margaret Litvin, and interested students and faculty When: Wednesday Oct 12, 12-2pm. Buffet lunch will be served before and during the talk. […]
September 29, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Due to a scheduling conflict, the Core in the City trip to the Boston Public Library, meant to take place tomorrow afternoon (Friday) has been postponed tor Tuesday, October 4th, from 5-7 PM. If you’d like to attend, please RSVP directly to Prof. Lockwood at tlock@bu.edu. The tour will meet in the Core office, CAS 119, […]
September 2, 2011 at 3:02 pm
A letter sent today to all our incoming first-year students in CC101 and CC105: We are delighted that you have chosen to join the Core Curriculum. We hope that you find the Core to be a challenging, inspiring, and encouraging experience, as so many students have in the past. We will certainly do all we […]
April 7, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Each spring, Core and Classics students work with Prof. Stephanie Nelson and assorted faculty to stage a dramatic reading of one of the bawdy comic plays of Aristophanes. Tomorrow night, you’re invited to attend their production of The Wasps. In the Core/Classics re-invention of the play, the character Loathcleon tries to save Lovecleon (representing all […]
April 6, 2011 at 10:25 am
Tonight is the perfect chance for Core alumni to come together at the EnCore book club and recapture the excitement of being a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Core student again with intellectually provocative discourse. Join the discussion at the BU Alumni Lounge, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, at 6:30 PM, whether you are a returning participant or are […]
The Core Curriculum’s Ecolympics were recently covered on BU Today, complete with comprehensive explanations on the event as well as an informative video. The Ecolympics is not a Core Curriculum exclusive event. Jillian Ferraro (CAS’13), one of the event’s organizers says “I believe that everyone can make a difference in bettering our environment. The problem […]
The Calliope Project, a campus theater troupe composed of Core students and alumni, is putting up a production of Cyrano de Bergerac as their mainstage show this semester. Last weekend’s opening performances were received quite enthusiastically. You have the chance to see the Calliope players in either of the last two shows, either tonight or […]
