faculty handbook

Lectures

Lectures, which are held throughout the year by many academic units, are announced in the BU Bridge and the other campus publications and information services. The following list represents only a selection.

The University Lecture was established in 1950 for the purpose of honoring members of the faculty engaged in outstanding research. The lecture provides an opportunity for all members of the University community — as well as the general public — to meet a distinguished scholar discussing a topic of recognized excellence. Each spring, all members of the faculty are invited to make nominations for the subsequent year's Lecturer. The University lecturers from the previous five years act as the Nominating Committee.

College of Arts & Sciences and The Graduate School

In addition, most CAS/GRS academic departments, programs, and centers host occasional lectures or lecture series of particular interest to scholars in the relevant disciplines.

College of Fine Arts

Hamill Visiting Lecture Series, held annually in October.

College of General Studies

The Stanley P. Stone Distinguished Lecture Series features an annual lecture by a distinguished scholar, writer, or performer.

Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

  • Annual International Symposium on Implantology covers both basic and advanced topics in the dental field of implantology in a six-day program. The program is geared toward general dentists, prosthodontists, and periodontists, with special programs for orthodontists and allied dental professionals.
  • The Henry M. Goldman Symposium, held biennially, is named in honor of the school's founder. Each symposium dedicates two days to a single topic in dentistry. Open to general dentists, specialists, and allied dental professionals. Past topics have included, "The Future of Dental Medicine," and "Dental Ceramics and Aesthetics."
  • The Gianelly/Schilder Symposium on Orthodontic and Endodontic Excellence is a biennial, three-day symposium named for two innovators and distinguished faculty members — Anthony Gianelly, professor and chair emeritus of orthodontics and Herbert Schilder, professor and chair emeritus of endodontics. The symposium focuses on advancements and innovations within each specialty, and while geared toward specialists, the program is open to general dentists as well.
  • Distinguished Lecturer Series, offered weekly by the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, covered topics of scientific interest.

School of Law

  • The Intellectual Property Law Speaker Series brings leading intellectual property law scholars and economists from all over the world to the Boston University School of Law, giving them and the BU intellectual property community, an opportunity to interact with each other in an exciting workshop setting.
  • The Max M. Shapiro Lecture in Trial Advocacy, is Boston University School of Law's principal endowed lectureship, focusing on trial advocacy and legal ethics. This lecture fund was established by the family and friends of Max M. Shapiro ('33 LAW), to honor his memory and to share his legacy of advocacy, professionalism, service, duty, and enthusiasm for the law with the Boston University legal community.
  • The School of Law Distinguished Speaker Series presents a yearly scholarly lecture by a prominent academic in law or a related field. The lecture is open to faculty, students, and the University community. The lecture presented by the distinguished speaker is thereafter published in the Boston University Law Review.
  • The Elizabeth Battelle Clark Legal History Series, brings several distinguished historians of law to campus each year to lecture and talk with students and faculty.
  • Morin Center Lectures is an annual series of lectures on issues and developments in banking and financial law sponsored by the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law. The lecturers are academics, prominent practitioners and regulators. The Boston Bar Association is a cosponsor of the series.
  • The Seminar in Law, Economics and Business invites prominent law professors and practitioners from around the country to apply economic analysis to a variety of legal issues. Participants have included professors from leading colleges and the President of the American Law & Economics Association. They have discussed topics such as corporate law and white-collar crime, securities regulation, intellectual property, and morality and the law.

School of Management

The Distinguished Executive Lecture Series features lectures by well-known executives from key industries and organizations.

School of Public Health

The William J. Bicknell Lectureship, established in 1999, provides an annual forum for the presentation and discussion of timely and controversial topics in international and domestic public health.

Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Science

The Dudley Allen Sargent MD Lecture, begun in 1999, is held each year to honor the College’s founder, Dudley Allen Sargent.

School of Social Work

The Miriam Hurwitz Memorial Lecture, established in 1982, features an annual lecture by a leader in the field of family therapy.

School of Theology

The Lowell Institute Lectures, The Reverend Charles R. Brown Lectures, and The E. Stanley Jones Lectures on current theological topics are offered every year.

The University Professors Program

  • The Translation Seminars invite a series of distinguished translators each spring semester to lecture to students of translation as well as the general public.
  • The University Professors Program Occasional Lectures series presents lectures by a wide variety of scholars from within and outside Boston University.
  • Poetry Reading Series, funded by the Humanities Foundation, presents a series of distinguished poets, representing a broad range of writing styles, throughout the academic year.