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Perri Meldon Article Published in The Public Historian
AMNESP PhD candidate Perri Meldon just had an article published in The Public Historian: "Tubman’s Blackwater: Wading Through Public History at a… More
Genna Kane’s Research Featured by The Brink
AMNESP PhD candidate Genna Kane's research about Boston's waterfront was recently covered by BU's research news publication, The Brink. Congratulations, Genna! More
Kayli Rideout Profiled in the32789
Recent AMNESP graduate Dr. Kayli Rideout has been profiled in the32789, a blog focusing on the local Winter Park community. The profile… More
Carrie Preston Publishes Book with Oxford University Press
Professor Carrie Preston (English & WGS) has released her new book, "Complicit Participation: The Liberal Audience for Theater of Racial Justice" (Oxford… More
Astrid Tvetenstrand Awarded Mary Kelley Prize at 2024 NEASA Annual Conference
Astrid Tvetenstrand (AMNESP PhD '23) has been awarded the Mary Kelley prize for best graduate student or non-TT scholar paper presented at… More
Astrid Tvetenstrand to Give Special Collections Lecture at the Boston Athenaeum
Astrid Tvetenstrand (AMNESP PhD '23), the Polly Thayer Starr Curatorial Fellow in American Art, will be giving a Special Collections Lecture at… More
Meghan Townes Participating in 2024 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute
AMNESP PhD candidate Meghan Townes is participating in the 2024 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute “Towards a People’s History of Landscape… More
MaryKate Smolenski to Present at Society for Historians of the Early American Republic 2024 Conference
AMENSP PhD candidate MaryKate Smolenski will be presenting "'Wishes for Pictures': Silhouettes, Portraits, and a Loyalist Family’s Desire for Likenesses" on "The… More
MaryKate Smolenski to Present at BU HAA Colloquium
AMNESP PhD candidate MaryKate Smolenski will be presenting a lightning talk, “The Loyalist Legacy: Martha Codman Karolik’s Ancestry, Collecting, and Nationalism” at… More
Ena Ozaki and Betsy Walters Awarded The Clarimond Mansfield
The BU Center for the Humanities has individually awarded Ena Ozaki and Betsy Walters with The Clarimond Mansfield Award! Each year the… More