Call for Papers for the 2026 APHI Graduate Conference Now Available!
For its sixteenth annual graduate student conference, Boston University’s American Political History Institute (APHI) invites submissions that examine the issues of migration, movement, and motion in American history. Charting the movement of people, goods, and ideas provides a critical framework through which to study the political, economic and cultural history of the United States. Examining […]
October 21: Gretchen Heefner presents: Sand, Snow, and Stardust
On Tuesday October 21st at 12:30pm, the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies welcomes Northeastern University’s Gretchen Heefner to discuss her latest book: Sand, Snow and Stardust. Deserts, the Arctic, outer space—these extreme environments are often seen as inhospitable places at the edges of our maps. But from the 1940s through the 1960s, spurred by the […]
Call for Papers for the 2025 APHI Graduate Conference Now Available!
For its fifteenth annual graduate student conference, Boston University’s American Political History Institute (APHI) invites submissions that examine violence in American public life. Political violence marked American public life long before the United States’ founding and, as recent presidential elections have shown, expressing political beliefs through violence continues to shape contemporary partisan competition. Acts of […]
Lineup for 2024-2025 Seminar Series Announced
APHI announces the 2024-25 lineup for the BU US History lunchtime seminars. Seminars convene at 12:20PM in room 504 at the BU History Department, 226 Bay State Road. Lunch will be served. Please join us for this exciting slate of workshops and keep on the lookout for future messages about the 2025 Graduate Student Conference […]
October 4th at 12:20p: Jim Campbell Presents “The Gospel According to the Klan: The Rev. Edgar Ray Killen and the 1964 Mississippi Burning Murders.”
The BU American Political history seminar series continues October 4th with our next presenter: Jim Campbell (Stanford) will present an article in progress titled: “The Gospel According to the Klan: The Rev. Edgar Ray Killen and the 1964 Mississippi Burning Murders.” On June 21, 1964, three Civil Rights workers – James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and […]
September 20th at 12:20p: Hannah Waits Kicks Off the APHI 2023-2024 Seminar Series
The BU American Political history seminar series will resume on September 20th with our first presenter: Hannah Waits (Harvard) will present an article in progress titled: “Missionary Positions: How American Evangelicals Learned to Love Global AIDS Work, 1985-2005.” From the mid-1980s to mid-2000s, American missionaries conducted widespread information campaigns across the United States to change […]
Lineup for 2023-2024 Seminar Series Announced
This year’s lineup of lunchtime seminars has been announced! All sessions will meet at 12:20pm in 226 Bay State Road, Room 504. September 20- Hannah Waits (Harvard), “Missionary Positions: How American Evangelicals Learned to Love Global AIDS Work.” October 4- Jim Campbell, “The Gospel According to the Klan: The Rev. Edgar Ray Killen and the […]
Call for Papers for the 2023 APHI Graduate Conference Now Available!
For the Boston University American Political History Institute’s (APHI) thirteenth annual graduate student conference, we invite submissions that examine the politics of crisis and catastrophe across many historical themes. Economic crises have undermined the stability of state institutions or caused new ones to be built, while natural disasters have shattered the physical, as well as […]
The 12th Annual(ish) APHI Graduate Conference Returns!
On April 8th and 9th, graduate historians from across the country gathered at Boston University for the long-awaited 12th APHI Graduate Student Conference: Making the American City. Participants were treated to the latest from our presenters and Robert O. Self’s keynote speech on the Hydrocarbon Middle Class. The organizers wish to congratulate Jamie Marsella, the […]
BOCA LONGA Returns!
From March 24th through 26th, historians from candidate to emeritus, and across the globe, gathered at Boston University for the 3rd BOCA LONGA US History Conference. Presentations ranged across periods and themes, but shared a place on the leading edge of United States History. the conference program can be found here. Thank you to the […]