Category: Great Photograph

Hamlet in a Jordanian refugee camp

November 3, 2015 at 8:21 am

Prof. Hamill (who lectured last week in CC 201 on Hamlet, as it happens) brings to our attention this photo essay from The Guardian: Photojournalist Sarah Lee travelled to Jordan with the Globe Theatres touring Hamlet production. Aiming to visit every country in the world to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Shakespeares birth, and the […]

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Winter is coming.

October 19, 2015 at 9:13 am
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CC 203 screenshot

September 15, 2015 at 8:01 am

Reminder: All Core lectures are open to all members of the campus community, including alumni. Chalk credit: Prof. Tom Barfield

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A fine time had by all

September 23, 2014 at 11:08 am

The Core is pleased to report that it was a distinct pleasure to host so many pleasant Core and Classics persons at this past Saturday’s Core/Classics reception, part of BU’s alumni weekend. We hope to see more of you this spring, when we hold our gala 25th anniversary! — with Michael J. Maguire, Ashley McIntosh, […]

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Alumna Ahoy

September 22, 2014 at 4:08 pm

Faculty, despite cruel rumors to the contrary, are not all corrupted by the Gradgrindian spirit. Indeed, they are warm people, who love nothing more than to see their former students thriving in the world beyond campus. To that end, they love visits. In this photo, from September 2014, Professors Ann Vasaly, Stephen Esposito and Stephanie […]

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Candid shot: Barfield on Hobbes

September 19, 2014 at 11:03 am

Above, a snippet from Prof. Thomas Barfield’s very animated lecture (babba-bing!) on Thomas Hobbes, in September 2014 for the students of CC 203: Foundations of the Social Sciences.

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Postcards to the Core

September 16, 2014 at 10:24 am

Howdy “ya’ll”! ONE WEEK and I’ll be back in Boston. I hope all of you are doing well and I can’t wait to see you all! Winona Geia sas, Core office! Greetings from Greece! We went here on Sunday! Watched Prof. Samons “frolick” gleefully. Thank you for the opportunity. With love, The BU Phillhellenes 2014 […]

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BU in Athens: the Philhellenes’ Summer Trip, 2014

September 8, 2014 at 10:54 am

{ A guest post from Prof. James Uden of the Department of Classics; cross-posted from the Classics departmental homepage. } Do Athenians ever sleep? No doubt many of the BU students who spent a month in Athens this summer were already accustomed to staying up late, but the Greeks really showed them how to make […]

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A Picture of Human Knowledge

March 19, 2014 at 2:28 pm

On Friday of the week before Spring Break, Prof. Green was speaking with his classes about the importance of “human knowledge.” What brought that topic to mind? Well, on his way to work, walking down Beacon Street through Coolidge Corner, he’d seen the book pictured above propped up by some unknown person, against a lamp […]

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Fourth of July on the Esplanade

July 4, 2013 at 9:00 am

The Core wishes a happy Fourth of July to all students – especially those lucky enough to be there at the Esplanade for the celebration! Kara Baskin of The Boston Globe writes: July Fourth commemorates the Declaration of Independence. It is hard to feel independent when cheek-to-jowl with someone in a foam Statue of Liberty […]

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