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Grace McGowan Accepts Position as Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Colby College
Dr. Grace McGowan, who received her PhD this year from BU AMNESP, has accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor of English… More
Congratulations to the 2024 AMNESP PhDs!
Congratulations to the 2024 AMNESP PhDs: Dr. Marina Wells, Dr. Kayli Rideout, Dr. Grace McGowan!! More
Kayli Reneé Rideout’s Dissertation Awarded Keith N. Morgan Prize
The History of Art & Architecture Graduate Studies Committee has awarded Dr. Kayli Reneé Rideout's dissertation “’Not Built by Hands, Made by… More
Megan Elias and Queer Food Conference Featured in Boston Globe
Dr. Megan Elias, Director of Gastronomy, co-organized the Queer Food Conference at BU. The first-of-its-kind conference has been featured in the Boston… More
Jessica S. Samuel Accepts Postdoctoral Fellowship at Washington University- St. Louis
AMNESP alum Jessica S. Samuel (PhD '21) has accepted a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of African & African-American Studies at… More
Genna Kane Awarded Alice Ross Carey Fellowship at UC Berkeley
AMNESP PhD candidate Genna Kane has been awarded the Alice Ross Carey Fellowship from the Environmental Design Archives at the University of California Berkeley.… More
Genna Kane Accepted Into NEH Workshop
AMNESP PhD candidate Genna Kane has accepted a spot at the National Endowment for the Humanities workshop this summer, “New York as… More
Genna Kane Awarded BUCH PhD Internship at Concord Museum
AMNESP PhD candidate Genna Kane has been awarded a BU Center for the Humanities Summer 2024 internship at the Concord Museum! Congratulations,… More
Mary Snyder To Be Archives Intern at Whitney Plantation in Louisiana
AMNESP PhD student Mary Snyder will be working as the archives intern for Whitney Plantation this summer, just outside of New Orleans.… More
Meghan Townes Accepted a 2024 Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture
AMNESP PhD candidate Meghan Townes has accepted a 2024 Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.… More