February 9th at 12:20p: Corinne Field Kicks Off the APHI Spring 2022 Seminar Series
Happy New Year! The BU American Political history seminar series will resume this semester, over Zoom, at 12:20 PM. Our first seminar will convene February 9, 2022 at 12:20. Professor Corinne Field (University of Virginia) will present a draft chapter from her book-in-progress: Her current book project, tentatively titled Grand Old Women: How Abolitionist and […]
The APHI Fall 2021 Seminar Series Continues with David Mayers on November 17
Next Wednesday, November 17, please join us for the second seminar of the semester. Professor David Mayers (Boston University) will discuss his paper, “‘Apologia for Mussolini” from his current book project Seekers and Partisans: Americans Abroad Before Pearl Harbor, 1935-1941. The seminar begins at 12:20 in room 504 of 226 Bay State Road. To hear more […]
Tomorrow, October 20 at 12:20p: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Kicks Off the APHI Fall 2021 Seminar Series
Tomorrow, October 20, please join us for the first APHI seminar of the semester. Professor Natalia Mehlman Petrzela (The New School) will discuss her paper, “‘It’s not working out’: Exercise and the New Inequality” from her forthcoming book “Fit Nation: How America Embraced Exercise as the Government Abandoned it.” The seminar begins at 12:20 in […]
Call for Papers for the 2022 APHI Graduate Conference Announced!
We’re back! The Boston University American Political History Institute (APHI) welcomes submissions for its rescheduled twelfth annual graduate student conference April 8-9, 2022. Our theme asks panelists to consider the role of cities in U.S. political history. Cities have been laboratories for political movements and social reform, while the exercise of political power has shaped […]
New APHI Website Launched!
2021 features a new Congress, a new President, and now, after months of planning, a new APHI website! The refreshed layout is up to date and designed to be compatible with mobile and accessibility devices. Information on the APHI and APHI events can be found using the navigation tools at the top of the screen. […]