Category: Activities

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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This Saturday: Mummies, Ghosts, and Graveyards

October 26, 2011 at 9:44 am

A Halloween scavenger hunt through the galleries and graveyards of Boston. Prizes will be awarded to the first three teams to complete the journey! Organized by the Core Curriculum in CAS. Grab some friends, create a team, and join us in the Core office on Saturday morning, 11 am, to begin. You can email the […]

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Tomorrow, a lunchbox talk with Christopher Ricks

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 […]

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Analects of the Core: Voltaire on people taking advantage of misfortunes

September 23, 2011 at 9:00 am

La vieille dit à Cunégonde : « Mademoiselle, vous avez soixante et douze quartiers, et pas une obole ; il ne tient qu’à vous d’être la femme du plus grand seigneur de l’Amérique méridionale, qui a une très belle moustache ; est-ce à vous de vous piquer d’une fidélité à toute épreuve ? Vous avez […]

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