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Meghan Townes successfully defends dissertation
Congratulations to Dr. Meghan Townes. Meghan successfully defended her dissertation, “Beyond Monument Avenue: Art, Authority, and Visions of the Future in Reconstruction… More
Joseph Rezek featured in Boston Globe article
American Studies Director, Joseph Rezek, was featured in a Boston Globe article about a new edition of Edgar Allen Poe’s novel Arthur… More
Perri Meldon appointed as national coordinator of ACE Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship program
Perri Meldon serves as national coordinator of the ACE Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship program. In this role, Perri supports 16 recent PhDs… More
Jesse Dritz appointed Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellow
Jesse Dritz has been appointed as a Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellow for the 2025/26 academic year. Jesse and the rest of the… More
Three Successful Summer Defenses: Anne Boyd, Gaëlle Bouaziz, and Arthur Kamya
Congratulations to our three successful summer defenses are in order. Anne Boyd defended “Nationalizing the Confederacy: Physical Representations of the Lost Cause… More
Astrid Tvetenstrand curates exhibit, Exhibiting China, at the Boston Athenaeum.
Astrid Tvetenstrand's (AMNESP 2023) exhibition, Exhibiting China, will run from August 11 to November 1, 2025 at the Boston Athenaeum. In 1850, the Boston Athenaeum… More
Adriana Craciun named Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow
Adriana Craciun, Emma MacLachlan Metcalf Chair of Humanities, has been named the Frances B. Cashin Fellow for the 2025/26 academic year. At… More
Reut Odinak and Betsy Walters successfully defend during spring semester
Congratulations to Dr. Reut Odinak and Dr. Betsy Walters! Reut successfully defended “Womb for Rent: The Politics of Surrogacy, Reproduction, and Motherhood… More
Genna Kane and Meghan Townes awarded BUCH prize
The BU Center for Humanities named Genevieve Kane and Meghan Townes recipients of the Graduate Student Award in recognition of their excellence… More
Sam Shupe (19) begins new position
Sam Shupe (AMNESP Ph.D. 2019) recently started a new position as a teacher in the Education Department at the Maine Correctional Center… More