• May 7, 2009 The Internet Coming of Age

  Computer communications pioneer Louis Pouzin understands well the challenges that accompanied the development of the Internet and the serious challenges that remain, particularly in terms of the social, political, and economic fabric of a globalized world. These challenges include conflicts of interest, squabbles, and the technological dominance.

  Hosted by College of Arts & Sciences and Metropolitan College

• May 19, 2009 Current State of Investigative Reporting

  Newspapers across the nation are in serious trouble, pummeled by the recession, by declining revenue and readership, and by competition from round-the-clock online resources. Speaking at a reception marking the launch of the New England Center for Investigative Reporting at BU, Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and an author, speaks about the current state of investigative reporting.

  Hosted by New England Center for Investigative Reporting
• May 4, 2009 EURO-DENTITY: Webs of Language and Self

  The lecture EURO-DENTITY: Webs of Language and Self features speakers Bernardo Atxaga and Ilan Stavans, who explore the evolution of languages spoken by a small number of the earth’s inhabitants. Atxaga notes how the Basque language of Euskara received little to no recognition of its existence until the cultural movement of Romanticism gave it value. Stavans speaks of how the Hebrew language has experienced a revival, increasing from a vocabulary of 8,000 words to one of approximately 100,000 today.

  Hosted by The Center for International Relations and the literary journal AGNI, with the American Literary Translators Association and Zephyr Press
• April 28, 2009 Suzy Welch with Special Guest Jack Welch

  Suzy Welch, author, commentator, and business journalist, discusses her decision-making philosophy, which is outlined in her newest book, 10-10-10: A Life-Transforming Idea. The 10-10-10 method examines the consequences of a decision after ten minutes, ten months, and ten years and allows the decision-maker “to strategically and proactively make decisions based on values,” she says.

  Hosted by School of Management

• 04.24.08 Noam Chomsky Lectures on Modern-Day American Imperialism: Middle East and Beyond
• 04.28.09 Creative Writing Program Annual Faculty Reading
• 04.15.09 Yes, We Can! Toward a Brave New Turkey
• 04.28.09 Can We Afford the Future? The Economics of a Warming World
• 04.03.09 Global Sushi: Soft Power and Hard Realities

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