Modern Intellectual History – August 2012 Issue Published
Professor Charles Capper is the co-editor of Modern Intellectual History along with Duncan Kelly (Cambridge), Anthony La Vopa (NC State), and Sam Moyn (Columbia). The journal is based at BU and published by Cambridge University Press in the UK.
Professor Simon Rabinovitch publishes new article in Israeli newspaper Haaretz (in English)
“Europe, the Orient, and the changing image of the Jews” A recent museum exhibit in Paris delved into the question of how Orientalism has changed the image of the Jew in Europe, for both Christians and Jews. Click here for full story
Profs. Heywood and Thornton Correct NY Times Piece on Obama’s Ancestry
Department Professors Linda Heywood and John Thornton have weighed in on the recent controversy over President Obama’s ancestry on his mother’s side and the disputed history of African slavery in 17th century North America. For more, visit http://www.theroot.com/views/account-obamas-slave-ancestry-misses-mark
Prof. Thornton Publishes New Cultural History of the Atlantic World
Cambridge University press has just announced the publication of Professor John Thornton’s latest book, A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250–1820. Exploring the linkages in the histories of Africa, Europe, and North and South America, Thornton traces the backgrounds of the populations on these three continental landmasses brought into contact by European navigation and the […]
BU School of Medicine: History Interest Group
Are you Interested in History and Medicine? The Boston University School of Medicine Historical Society is proud to announce that “Aceso: The Journal of the BUSM Historical Society” is looking for submissions for its inaugural issue next Fall. We are looking for contributions in the fields of: -Medicine in Antiquity -History of Medicine, Public Health, and related fields -History […]
Professor Jim Johnson Wins Kenschur Prize
The Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies, housed at Indiana University, has awarded Professor James Johnson the Oscar Kenshur Book Prize for his 2011 book, Venice Incognito (the book has already won the Mosse Award of the American Historical Association). The Kenshur Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding monograph of interest to eighteenth-century scholars working in […]
Profs. Ferleger and Zatlin Publish Article on European Crisis
The Truth About Why German Elites View Southern Europeans as Inferior and Falsely Judge History. Click here for full story.
Seth Blumenthal, Michael Holm and Jonathan Koefoed Win Dissertation Fellowships
The winners of this year’s Robert V. Shotwell Dissertation Fellowship are Seth Blumenthal, Michael Holm, and Jonathan Koefoed. The fellowship is named after Robert Shotwell, father to one BU alum and grandfather to a current student, and brings the quality of persistence to this scholarship. Graduate students are known for procrastination, taking longer and longer […]
Prof. Ferleger and Undergrad Jacob Magid Published
Professor Louis Ferleger and undergraduate student Jacob Magid publish new study of persistent unemployment. Their new article investigates some of America’s “dead zones” and discusses how to move stalled economies. For more, visit http://www.alternet.org/economy/155731/how_to_end_the_nightmare_of_jobless_america
Prof. Chernock Featured in BU Today
Professor Arianne Chernock is featured in BU Today, check out the full article below. http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/fit-for-a-queen/