September 10, 2012 at 3:40 pm
For the week of September 9, 2012 CC101: Professor Gillman: “Genesis: God in Search of Man” 9/11 (Tsai Auditorium) CC105: Professor Marsher: “Motions on the Earth” 9/11 (CAS 522) CC105: Professor Marsher: “Motions in the Sky” 9/13 (CAS 522) CC201: Professor Nelson: Machiavelli’s The Prince 9/11 (CAS 522) CC203: Professor Barfield: “The Desert and the […]
September 4, 2012 at 3:44 pm
For the week of September 2, 2012 Welcome to the first edition of the Fall 2012 Core E-Bulletin. This email will be sent out every week to keep you updated about Core lectures and activities. If you have any ideas or comments about Core activities, email Professor Kyna Hamill at kyna@bu.edu.CORE LECTURES CC101: Professor Eckel […]
December 5, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Lectures This Week CC101: A Debate on Democracy (12/6) CC105, Tuesday: Integrating Forum #3: Man and the Environment (12/6) CC105, Thursday: James Jackson on Science and Humanity in Perspective (12/8) CC201: Course conclusion, with reflections from the faculty (11/15) CC203: Concluding synthesizing forum (12/8) Announcements. Theater of War. This Wednesday, December 7th, Theater of War […]
November 12, 2011 at 11:43 am
LECTURES THIS WEEK CC101: David Roochnik on The Republic, Part I (11/15) CC105, Tuesday: Daniel Hudon on the origin of the solar system (11/15) CC105, Thursday: Ulrich Faul on the origin and early history of earth (11/7) CC201: Michael Zell on the art of Rembrandt (11/15) CC203: David Swartz on Durkheim and the Individual and […]
October 31, 2011 at 9:30 am
Lectures this week CC101: Stephen Esposito on Sophocles’ Ajax (11/1) CC105, Tuesday: Alan Marscher on the evolution of the universe (11/1) CC105, Scott Whitaker on the birth & ‘middle age’ of stars (11/3) NB: This Thursday lecture will be held in the GSU Auditorium, not the Tsai Center! CC201: Jennifer Formichelli on Shakespeare’s Hamlet (11/1) […]
October 24, 2011 at 2:26 pm
LECTURES THIS WEEK CC101: Fred Kleiner on the Art & Politics of the Acropolis (10/25) CC105, Tuesday: Integrating Forum on the nature of reality (10/25) CC105, Thursday: Alan Marscher on the Big Bang (10/27) CC201: Michael Zell on the art of Velàzquez (10/25) CC203: David Swartz on Adam Smith (10/27) SPECIAL EVENT THIS SATURDAY. Join […]
October 10, 2011 at 10:32 am
Lectures this week CC101: Stephen Esposito on Homer’s Odyssey (10/11) CC105, Tuesday: James Jackson on Wave-particle Duality (10/11) CC105, Thursday: James Jackson on Probability (10/13) CC201: Walter Hopp on Descartes (10/11) CC203: Charles Lindholm on Rousseau and Hume (10/13) General announcements A reminder to alumni — if you will be in Boston during a scheduled […]
September 26, 2011 at 12:27 pm
LECTURES THIS WEEK CC101: David Damrosch (Harvard) on Exodus (9/27) CC105, Tuesday: Scott Whitaker on waves (9/27) CC105, Thursday: Scott Whitaker on light (9/29) CC201: Barbara Diefendorf on Montaigne (9/27) CC203: Richard Tuck (Harvard) on Hobbes’ Leviathan (9/29) A reminder to alumni — if you will be in Boston during a scheduled course lecture, and […]
September 19, 2011 at 12:43 pm
LECTURES THIS WEEK CC101: Jennifer Knust on Genesis (9/20) CC105, Tuesday: Tereasa Brainerd on relativity (9/20) CC105, Thursday: Forum — Is the world deterministic? (9/22) CC201: Jodi Cranston on Michelangelo (9/20) CC203: Thomas Barfield on The Muqaddimah (9/22) A reminder to alumni — if you will be in Boston during a scheduled course lecture, and […]
September 12, 2011 at 10:17 am
LECTURES THIS WEEK CC101: Michael Zank on Genesis (9/13) CC105, Tuesday: Scott Whitaker on “Motions in the Earth” (9/13) CC105, Thursday: Alan Marscher on “Motions in the Sky” (9/15) CC201: Michael Corgan on Machiavelli (9/13) CC203: Thornton Lockwood on “The Ancient World & Social Science” (9/15) A reminder to alumni — if you will be […]
