Faculty Seminars
BOLLI offers seminars led by distinguished faculty members in the summer and winter months.
Seminar registration will open on Monday, November 6 at 9 a.m. ET. Members will receive a personalized registration link in their inbox.
All Winter 23/24 seminars will take place on Zoom. All times are Eastern Time.
Winter 2023-2024 Faculty Seminars
Jo Nesbø's award-winning novel, "Macbeth," a contemporary retelling of the play by the same name, updates the grim semi-Scandinavian Scotland of the eleventh century to a grim noirish urban setting in the underworld of a 20th century Scottish city.
Billy Flesch
Professor of English
Monday, Dec. 18- Friday, Dec. 22
9:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. ET
Location: Zoom
The book is available for purchase online.
The Evolution of form, harmony, melody, and instrumentation from Bach to Beethoven
Gil Harel
Professor of Musicology
Monday, Jan. 15 - Friday, Jan. 19
9:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. ET
Location: Zoom
Past Seminars
"Hag-seed: Shakespeare's The Tempest Retold"
Billy Flesch
Professor of English
"Beethoven's Shadow"
Gil Harel
Professor of Musicology
"Hamnet:" A Novel of the Plague
Billy Flesch
Professor of English
"A Night at the Opera"
Gil Harel
Professor of Musicology
"Mozart: Man, Myth, Legacy"
Gil Harel
Professor of Musicology
"A Midsummer's Night Dream"
Billy Flesch
Professor of English
"The Rise of the Virtuoso"
Gil Harel
Professor of Musicology
"The Great Gatsby"
Billy Flesch
Professor of English
"The Plot Against America"
Billy Flesch
Professor of English
"Music in the Theater: From 'Madama Butterfly' to 'Wicked'"
Gil Harel
Professor of Musicology
"The Birth of the Musical Baroque: From Vivaldi and Corelli to Handel and Bach"
Gil Harel
Professor of Musicology
"Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Political Tragedy"
Billy Flesch
Professor of English
"The Music and the Nations: European Legacies"
Gil Harel
Professor of Musicology
"To Kill a Mockingbird: After 60 Years"
Billy Flesch
Professor of English
"Mighty and Immeasurable Beethoven"
Gil Harel
Professor of Musicology
"Sex, Lies and Literature: Measure for Measure"
Billy Flesch
Professor of English
"Barber and Beyond: The Poetic Muse in 20th Century American Music"
Georgia Luikens
Brandeis Lecturer