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Indigenous Languages and Cultures

Decolonizing higher ed: BU’s Center for Latin American Studies hosts Indigenous Cultures and Languages Week

James Buckser April 6, 2023
From April 3 to April 6, Boston University’s Department of Romance Studies and the Center for Latin American Studies is hosting a series of speakers including academics, actors and artists as part of its Indigenous Languages and Cultures Week.
From left to right: Yuri Connigan, Judith Wechsler and Anna Winestein partake in a Q&A session after the screening of Wechsler’s film “Svetlana Boym: Exile and Imagination” Monday evening. LAUREN RICHARDS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Harvard professor, BU alum remembered for nostalgic work in film screening

Lauren Richards October 23, 2018
A voice on the speaker broke the silence in the auditorium as the film began to play. A flurry of photographs illuminated the screen alongside interviews that played for the next hour: the moving parts came together to illustrate the memory of Svetlana Boym.

BU professor placed on probation after assault charges

Daily Free Press Admin February 25, 2013

Cambridge District Court officials closed proceedings against Boston University professor Pedro Lasarte when he took a plea in his alleged domestic assault case Thursday, officials said. Lasarte will now...

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