November 13, 2018 at 4:37 pm
Since we’ll be looking at the Ancient Greek Acropolis in our next CC101 lecture, we thought you might be interested inlearning more about music from the time.
November 6, 2018 at 11:37 am
Our Core alumna, Kat Monahan, sent us a postcard all the way from Greece! Here’s what she reflects on during her time in Rethymno: Sept. 12, 2018 Γεία σου, Κωρ! Hi Core! Wishing everyone an auspicious start to the 2018-2019 school year. I’d like to propose a Classics alumni trip to Crete so I can […]
October 31, 2018 at 9:30 am
What masterpiece would be complete without an authentic curatorial text? Luckily, Core alumni Jonathan Han and Kassandra Round refused to lettheir viewers confront their pumpkin art alone, and provided us with insights into their imaginations. “Anguish”- A Self Portrait by Jonathan Han, 2019 “Like all pains, this was unintended, but still pretty funky” Perhaps best […]
October 22, 2018 at 11:07 am
This upcoming week, our CC 201 students will take on the seemingly daunting novelwritten by Miguel de Cervantes:Don Quixote. This door stopper of a book details the adventures of haphazard knight and his bumbling squire as they traverse a Spain that has moved on from the world of knights and chivalry. Though this book is […]
October 15, 2018 at 9:45 am
The Core Curriculum invites you to fly your Core flag this Friday for #IheartCore Day. Since folks will be visiting BU for Friends & Family Weekend, we want them to see how large and fashionable the BU Core community is. Here’s how to participate. Wear your Core teeshirt this Friday, October 19th, and make sure […]
October 12, 2018 at 4:19 pm
Depending on your idea of a good time, he could be your angel or your devil, but the original sexy bad boy is back. (And this time, he’s a woman!) Ellen Lauren is Dionysus in the Getty Villa’s newest production of Euripides’Bacchae. To refresh your memory, the boys are back in town. Well, Dionysus is […]
September 6, 2018 at 4:46 pm
A postcard from Hydra, Greece, written to Prof. Murphy from Core sophomore William Denton, marking the start of the semester. How coincidental considering this fall we’ll be going back to Ancient Greece in CC101 and 211! * Core loves postcards. Whether youre at home or abroad now, wed love to get one from you. Our […]
August 21, 2018 at 11:26 am
Oh boy, more mail! We’ve just heard from BU and Core alum Peter Michelli, currently doing research in southern Italy. Dear Stephanie, Cliff, Rose and Zach, Sending Regards from Bari where I’m on my first (!) archival trip! (And they let me in!) Sincerely, Peter Michelli […]
We are delighted to receive our first postcard of the summer! This one comes from Core alum and rising junior Hannah Jew, currently interning in Washington, D.C. Hello Core, Everything is beautiful at the ballet… and everything is swampy in D.C. My internship is going nicely, but […]
July 19, 2018 at 12:08 pm
In her 1925 essay “On Not Knowing Greek,” Virginia Woolf laments our weak understanding of Greek language, and how even the best translations leave behind critical inflections and allow misconceptions of Greek culture to overshadow the truth. Leave it to Woolf to understand the importance of the smallest details- just as she shows the reader […]
