Anne Boyd and Betsy Walters to Present at 2023 American Studies Association Annual Conference
Congratulations to Anne Boyd and Betsy Walters! They have both been accepted to the 2023 American Studies Association Annual Conference in Montreal! Betsy’s paper is titled, “‘Regardless of Race, Creed, or Color’: Civil Rights, White Liberalism, and the Academy Awards,” and Anne will present “‘A Nation That Forgets its Past Has No Future’: Monuments, Civil […]
Maddie Webster and Mariah Kupfner to Present at the 2023 American Studies Association Annual Conference
Many congrats to alumns Maddie Webster and Mariah Kupfner! They will present at the American Studies Association’s annual conference in Montreal! Their panel is titled, “Material Culture Caucus: Creating Community Memory: Material Cultures of Preservation, Transformation, Erasure, and Memorialization.” Dr. Webster will present, “Elma Lewis and the Adaptive Reuse of Franklin Park, or, How to […]
Alumn Christopher Stokum Publishes in Church History
Congratulations to alumn, Christopher Stokum, for publishing in Church History. His article is titled, “’An Oppressive Insensibility’: Disestablishment, Clerical Infirmity, and the Origins of the Manual Labor Movement.” Hooray, Chris!
Emily Palombella and Perri Meldon Receive Boston University Center for the Humanities Graduate Student Awards
Congratulations to PhD Candidates, Perri Meldon and Emily Palombella, on their receipt of the Boston University Center for the Humanities Graduate Student Awards. Perri received the Helen G. Allen Humanities Award while Emily was awarded the Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize.
Katherine Lennard Accepts Position at Western Kentucky University
Katherine Lennard, the Abbott Lowell Cummings Postdoctoral Fellow in American Material Culture, accepted a position as the Frockt Family Chair in History at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green Kentucky. Congrats, Katie!
Perri Meldon Accepted to Symposium at the Huntington Art Museum
Perri Meldon, PhD Candidate, has been accepted to the “Objects, Pathways, Afterlives: Tracing Material Cultures in Early America,” symposium hosted at the Huntington Art Museum in California. She will present, “The Muck of Material Culture: Canals, Enslaved Labor, and Public History in Mid-Atlantic Wildlife Refuges.”
Kayli Rideout Accepted to NEH Summer Institute
Kayli Rideout, PhD Candidate, has been accepted to the NEH Summer Institute, “Visual Culture of the American Civil War and Its Aftermath.” Congratulations, Kayli!
Betsy Walters Accepted to 2023 Media Industry Studies Conference at King’s College London
Betsy Walters, PhD Candidate, has been accepted to the 2023 Media Industry Studies Conference at King’s College London. Congrats, Betsy!
Katherine Evans Successfully Defends Dissertation
Congratulations to Katherine Evans! She successfully defended her dissertation, “I am Going to be a Veteran of this War: American Women’s Explorations of Domestic Life on the Western Front.”
Professor Bruce Schulman Discusses Lyndon B. Johnson in article with Smithsonian Magazine
History Professor Bruce Schulman discusses the actions of Lyndon B. Johnson and the effects of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 on his presidency in an article for the Smithsonian Magazine.