Prof. Brooke Blower Honored by Boston Authors Club
Prof. Brooke Blower has been honored by the Boston Authors Club for her book Becoming Americans in Paris. She will be honored in person in May at the Boston Public Library.
Modern Intellectual History April 2012 Issue Published
In addition to our regular articles and review essays, this issue of MIH features two forums. The first is on Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The second is a series of essays reflecting on the present and future of the practice of American intellectual history meant to […]
Prof. James McCann Wins Guggenheim and Fulbright
McCann wins Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships Prof James McCann has received official word this week that he has won a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation for his sabbatical year 2012-2013. That fellowship was awarded for a project entitled “Mindscapes of Malaria, Landscapes of History.” Prof. McCann also learned that he has won a […]
JD/MA Program in Law and History Approved!
Boston University offers qualified students the opportunity to combine the study of law with coursework in history. The dual-degree program facilitates inquiry at the two fields’ intersection in legal history. Successful candidates receive both the Juris Doctor (JD) degree and a Masters of Arts (MA) degree. The dual-degree program ordinarily can be completed in six […]
BU Colleagues to Celebrate Retirement of Sara Berry
On April 13, 2012, the History Department at Johns Hopkins University celebrated the retirement of former BU African History Professor Sara Berry with a full day conference, Sara’s Commencement lecture and a dinner. BU’s History Department and African Studies Center were proudly represented by John Harris, Jane Guyer, Barbara Cooper, Eric Gilbert and Jeanne Penvenne.
Jim Johnson to Perfrom Shakespeare’s Songs
On Tuesday, May 1, 2012, Professor Jim Johnson will participate in a lecture/recital on “Shakespeare’s Songs” featuring Christopher Ricks as lecturer, baritone Dana Whiteside, and pianist James Johnson. The program features songs set to texts by William Shakespeare. Composers include Peter Warlock, Robert Schumann, Benjamin Britten, Francis Poulenc, Roger Quilter, and Erich Korngold. The event will take […]
David Mislin Defends Dissertation
On March 1, 2012, Ph.D. Candidate David Mislin successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Faith Bounded and Unbounded: The Protestant Establishment, Secularism, and the Emergence of Religious Inclusiveness in America.” Mislin’s dissertation examines the way in which fears of secularism inspired a transformation of the American religious landscape. Between 1870 and 1930, members of the nation’s […]
Blaschke Defends Dissertation
On March 26, 2012, Ph.D. candidate Anne Blaschke successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “RACING TO WIN: WOMEN TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES IN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE, 1928-1978.’ Using the lens of track and field, one of the few sports in which women could participate between 1928 and 1978, to examine domestic and international American politics. Blaschke argues […]
BU Today Writes about Prof. Charles Dellheim
BU today publishes an article about Professor Charles Dellheim as the first appointed Kilachand Professor. Click here for the full article
Prof. Brooke Blower Wins Chinard Prize
It’s our pleasure to announce that Professor Brooke Blower has won the Gilbert Chinard Prize of the Society for French Historical Studies. The prize, awarded for Blower’s 2011 book, Becoming Americans in Paris, recognizes the best book published, in any time period, on the history of France and the Americas.