Professor Jeffrey Rubin receives Mellon Grant
Professor Jeffrey Rubin was awarded a Mellon/Latin American Studies Association Grant for his ongoing project, “Religion, Social Movements, and Progressive Reform in Latin America.” The project, which he co-directs with sociologist David Smilde (University of Georgia) and anthropologist Benjamin Junge (SUNY New Paltz), examines the ways in which religious beliefs, practices, and institutions affect processes […]
Professor Simon Payaslian publishes new book
BU History Professor released a new book, The Political Economy of Human Rights in Armenia: Authoritarianism and Democracy in a Former Soviet Republic (I.B.Tauris, 2011. Pp. 417). Book description: “Since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the Republic of Armenia has experienced a reversal from a brief period of democratization to a Soviet-style authoritarian […]
Professor Richard Landes releases new book on millennialism
Professor Richard Landes’ new book, Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience appeared from Oxford University Press. This long-awaited study shows that many events typically regarded as secular–including the French Revolution, Marxism, Bolshevism, Nazism-not only contain key millennialist elements, but follow the apocalyptic curve of enthusiastic launch, disappointment and (often catastrophic) re-entry into “normal […]
Professor Nina Silber to deliver Huntington Library and Gettysburg lectures
Professor Nina Silber accepted invitations to deliver the annual Nevins Lecture at the Huntington Library, on April 18, 2012, and the the 53rd Fortenbaugh Lecture in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to be delivered on November 19, 2014, commemorating the 151st anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.
August issue of Modern Intellectual History published
The August, 2011 issue of Modern Intellectual History has been published by Cambridge University Press. The journal is housed at Boston University and is co-edited by Professor Charles Capper. The Table of Contents is below in PDF format. MIH 8.2 Cover
Professor Emeritus Joseph Boskin releases new book
Syracuse University Press has released a new book by Boston University Professor Emeritus Joseph Boskin. The book is entitled Corporal Boskin’s COLD Cold War and is the story of Boskin’s own experiences in Greenland during the Korean War. From the description by Syracuse University Press: At the height of the Korean War in 1952, a […]
Boston Globe publishes editorial by Brooke Blower
The Boston Globe recently published an editorial by Boston University Assistant Professor of History Brooke Blower. The editorial, entitled “A Paris invented for the American imagination,” considers images of Paris in two recent works: Woody Allen’s new film, Midnight in Paris, and David McCullough’s new book, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. The editorial can be found […]
Brendan McConville quoted in the Boston Globe
Boston University Professor of History Brendan McConville was quoted in a recent article in the Boston Globe. McConville responded to political commentator Sarah Palin’s recent comments about Paul Revere. Link to article at Boston.com
Joe Crespino’s GPHC Keynote available at C-SPAN
Professor Joe Crespino of Emory University gave the keynote speech at this year’s Graduate Political History Conference at BU. His talk–on Strom Thurmond and Political Biography–can be viewed at C-SPAN’s site: C-SPAN
Professor Bruce Schulman Featured on C-SPAN
C-SPAN recently visited Boston University and recorded a lecture by Bruce Schulman about Jimmy Carter and the 1970s. Description: With gas prices reaching upwards of $4.00 per gallon, Boston University history professor Bruce Schulman teaches a course about another energy crisis nearly forty years ago. Then, during the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter struggled with a […]