James Johnson
 Fellow of The University Professors; Associate Professor of History and Director, Core Curriculum, College of Arts and Sciences.
B.A., University of Oklahoma;
M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago.
Professor Johnson specializes in modern European intellectual and cultural history, modern French history, and the history of music. He is an active lecturer/performer who has spoken at symposia and conferences on a wide range of topics exploring the relationship of music to the political, religious, and cultural climates of its time. He is a 1985 and 1997 Fulbright grant recipient for research in Paris and a 2005/2006 ACLS grant recipient for research in Paris and Venice. Professor Johnson has also served as visiting scholar in residence at the Università di Padova. His book, Listening in Paris: A Cultural History is the recipient of the 1995 Herbert Baxter Adams Award, given by the American Historical Association, and the 1994 Jacques Barzun Award in Cultural History, given by the American Philosophical Association. He was the recipient of Boston University's 1996 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is currently at work on Modern Masks -- Venice, Paris, Vienna, a cultural history of the practice and rhetoric of masking in Modern and Early Modern Europe. Since 2001, Professor Johnson has served as Assistant Dean and Director of the Core Curriculum in Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences.
Office Hours: To be announced
Telephone: 617-353-5404
Email: jhj@bu.edu
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