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Anne Boyd and Makenzie Coker to Present at Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
AMNESP PhD candidates Anne Boyd and Makenzie Coker will both be presenting at the Popular Culture Association's annual conference this year, March… More
AMNESP Director Joseph Rezek Awarded NEH Fellowship Grant
The grant will be used to complete his book The Racialization of Print (for Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture and… More
Perri Meldon to Present Research at Massachusetts Historical Society
Perri Meldon will present her research on the Great Dismal Swamp as part of Massachusetts Historical Society's Environmental History Seminar series. More
Anne Boyd Awarded a 2024 Arizona Historical Society Research Fellowship
AMNESP PhD Candidate Anne Boyd has been awarded a 2024 Arizona Historical Society Research Fellowship! This is a short-term research fellowship to visiting… More
AMNESP Fall 2023 Course AM 336 Bob Dylan: Music and Words Featured in BU Today
AMNESP Fall 2023 course AM 336 Bob Dylan: Music and Words has been featured in BU Today! Taught by Jeremy Yudkin (Music), this course examines Bob Dylan’s… More
Perri Meldon Published to Blog of the National Council of Public History
AMNESP PhD Candidate Perri Meldon was recently published to "History@Work," the blog of the National Council of Public History. The post describes… More
AMNESP Spring Course AM 501 Arctic Humanities Featured in BU Today
Arctic Humanities immerses students in the dynamic world of the circumpolar Arctic with a focus on the North American Arctic (Canada, US,… More
AMNESP Director Joseph Rezek Featured in The Brink’s Mini Explainer Video Series
AMNESP Director Joseph Rezek has been featured in The Brink's Mini Explainer video series answering the question, "Why the UK and US… More
Astrid Tvetenstrand Accepts Polly Thayer Starr Curatorial Fellowship in American Art at the Boston Athenæum
AMNESP alum Astrid Tvetenstrand (PhD '23) has accepted the Polly Thayer Starr Curatorial Fellowship in American Art at the Boston Athenæum. Congratulations,… More
Kayli Rideout Publishes Research Note in the Journal of Glass Studies
AMNESP PhD Candidate Kayli Rideout has published a research note in the most recent edition of the Journal of Glass Studies titled “Tiffany’s… More