Co-Sponsored Events

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The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) is soliciting applications for events hosted by our fellow graduate students to facilitate interdepartmental communication in social and academic settings.

Pictures of co-sponsored events!

 

Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Date:  April 11 - April 13, 2008

Where:  Judaic Studies Center

Co-sponsored with:  Division of Religious and Theological Studies 

From the performance of religion in comics, to religious or mythic traditions among the elements of various works, to the use of comics by religious practitioners themselves, the relationship between comics and religion is dynamic and evolving. Given the increasing seriousness with which the public has come to view comics as an art form and Americans’ fraught but passionate relationship with religion, “Graven Images” will provide an opportunity for discussion of cutting- edge artistic and social issues by exploring the roles of religion in comic books and graphic novels. This event is free and open to the public

Featuring Keynote Speaker James Sturm,

Xeric Award and Eisner Award-winning author of  The Golem’s Mighty Swing and James Sturm’s America: God, Gold, and Golems Co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies and the National Association of Comic Arts Educators (NACAE). 

Graduate Student Art History Symposium “Damage”

When:  March 28 - March 29, 2008

Co-sponsored with:  Department of Art History

Schedule:  PDF

An annual interdisciplinary symposium on the theme of damage, creativity, destruction, and vandalism in art, architecture, conservation, and visual culture by hosting a keynote speaker and panel discussions.

A Graduate Student Parental Leave Policy for Boston University

When:  March 19, 2008, 1 - 2 PM

Where:  PRB 595

Speaker:  Elizabeth Ewen

Co-sponsored with:  Women in Physics

A fellow graduate student, Elizabeth Ewen, has been working diligently to get a parental leave policy for BU graduate students implemented.  Other universities in Boston have one, but BU does not!  Liz is a graduate student in the Department of Biology, a founding member of the Women in Biology. 

Comparison of Parental Leave policies at other institutions:  PDF
 

An Academic Career Track at a Four Year College: Balancing Teaching and Research

When:  February 15, 2008, 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Where:  LSEB 103 (24 Cummington St.)

Speaker:  Dr. Amy Voller

Co-sponsored with:  Women in Biology

Please join us for career seminar with Dr. Amy Cheng Vollmer from Swarthmore College to tell us her experiences in an academic career track and how she chose her career path.