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BU Today’s new weekly feature, The Week Ahead, aims to help keep you informed of what’s coming up around campus, Boston, the country, and the world, with a curated list of interesting and notable happenings.
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Monday, April 10
Easter Monday
BU Pardee Crossroads in Latin American Studies Lecture
Maria Victoria Murillo, a Columbia University professor of political science and international and public affairs and director of the school’s Institute of Latin American Studies, will lead BU’s inaugural Crossroads in Latin American Studies lecture. Murillo’s research covers labor politics, public utility reform, education reform, agricultural policies, and more.
Political Reactions to Changing Societies in Latin America: A Lecture by Maria Victoria Murillo, 5 pm, Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering. Register here.
Tuesday, April 11
Building Successful Collaborative Relationships with Policymakers
BU Federal Relations is hosting a workshop on how scholars can develop successful relationships with policymakers. Join Adam Seth Levine, associate professor of health policy and management in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who will present new research on the effort required to cultivate these relationships.
Building Successful Collaborative Relationships with Policymakers, 3 pm, Kilachand Center. Register here.
Janetos Distinguished Lecture: “Is the Asian Century Really Coming?”
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is hosting its annual distinguished lecture focused on Asian powers. The talk is by Kishore Mahbubani, a longtime Singapore diplomat, who also served as Singapore’s ambassador to the United Nations. Author of Has China Won? and The Asian 21st Century, Mahbubani is today a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore.
Janetos Distinguished Lecture by Kishore Mahbubani: “Is the Asian Century Really Coming?”, 4 pm, Barristers Hall, School of Law. Register here.
Wednesday, April 12
Archaeology Seminar Series: An Archaeology of Settler Capitalism
Part of BU’s Archaeology program lecture series, this talk focuses on the intersecting effects of colonialism and capitalism in North America. Hear from speaker Eric Johnson, a Brown University history of art and architecture professor and a Mellon postdoctoral fellow, who is currently working on a book project on settler capitalism, starting in 1770.
Archaeology Seminar Series: An Archaeology of Settler Capitalism, 12:20 pm, Gabel Museum of Archaeology in the College of Arts & Sciences. Register here.
Thursday, April 13
The Kleh Lecture: “Police Policing Police”
Hear from Zachary D. Kaufman, the William & Patricia Kleh Visiting Professor in International Law who is working on a book (his fourth) about the law and politics of bystanders and upstanders.
The Kleh Lecture: “Police Policing Police” featuring Zachary D. Kaufman, 12:45 pm, Barristers Hall, School of Law. Register here.
Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Protest
Join the team leading BU’s firearms divestment campaign on the College of Communication lawn. Learn about what it means to divest from the gun industry, sign their Students Demand Action–backed petition, and pick up a free SDA sticker.
Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America protest, 12:45 pm, COM lawn. Register here.
Friday, April 14
Join trauma expert Daniel Jacobson López, a School of Social Work assistant professor of social work, to discuss the experiences of gay Black and Latino male sexual assault survivors who have reported being raped to authorities and medical care providers. The talk will touch on the impacts of racism and homophobia through the stories of men in four cities across the United States.
“If I was Straight and White it Would be Different: They Would Believe Me”: The Experiences of Gay Latino and/or Black Male Sexual Assault Survivors when Disclosing Being Sexually Assaulted, noon, online. Register here.
Saturday, April 15
BU Wheelock: Performance, Recovery & Optimization Symposium
Wheelock College of Education & Human Development is hosting its second annual Performance, Recovery & Optimization Symposium, which will bring together students, academics, and professionals interested in the field of sport, exercise, and performance psychology.
BU Wheelock: Performance, Recovery & Optimization Symposium, 9 am, Kilachand Center. Register here.
Sunday, April 16
Paint some pottery with BU Hillel this weekend! Hillel will cover the $10 entrance fee at the Clayroom in Brookline. Attendees then pick their own pieces to paint, which range in price from $5 to $15.
BU Hillel: Pottery Paint, 11 am, The Clayroom, Brookline. Register here.
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