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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
Perri Meldon wins Catherine Bishir Prize from the Vernacular Architecture Forum
We are pleased to share American Studies PhD candidate Perri Meldon has won the Catherine Bishir Prize from the Vernacular Architecture Forum.… More
Fallon Murphy publishes book review in Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing News
American Studies PhD student Fallon Murphy publishes book review for Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History by… More
Perri Meldon writes article on Great Dismal Swamp for Encyclopedia Virginia
AMNESP PhD Perri Meldon wrote an article for Encyclopedia Virginia on the Great Dismal Swamp: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/the-great-dismal-swamp/ Encyclopedia Virginia publishes fact-checked topical and… More
Fallon Murphy Article in Insurrect!: Radical Thinking in Early American Studies
PhD candidate Fallon Murphy has a new publication with the American Studies journal Insurrect!: Radical Thinking in Early American Studies. The article… More
Claire Bunschoten to Give Author Reading and Talk at the Institute for Art and Olfaction
Sunday, December 15 at 6-7PM EST via Zoom | Join Dr. Claire Bunschoten and the Institute for Art and Olfaction's Minetta Rogers for an… More
Anne Boyd Article Published in American Journal of Play
PhD candidate Anne Boyd had her article, "Frozen in Time: Teaching Imperialism through Lead Toys in Interwar America," published in the American… More