Professor Arianne Chernock on CNN
Professor Arianne Chernock opinion piece published on cnn.com. Find article here.
Graduate Conor Gillies Finishes Radio Documentary on Silence
Recent graduate Conor Gillies finishes his project on Silence and will appear on WBUR’s Stylus, a series on themes in sounds and music. You can stream the documentary here.
Prof. Arianne Chernock on NPR and NECN
Prof. Arianne Chernock on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and NECN to talk about the obsession of Americans with British Monarchy. Find it NPR’s segment here. Find NECN’s segment here.
Prof. McCann Interviewed for Article on The Guardian
Professor James McCann is interviewed for an article in The Guardian on agriculture’s impact on malaria. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development-professionals-network/2013/jun/19/malaria-agriculture-irrigation-africa
Opinion Piece by Prof. Arianne Chernock
Prof. Chernock’s article “‘Little grape’ and the ‘right to reign.'” Click here for full article.
Grad. Student Zach Fredman Checks-In From China
Graduate Student Zach Fredman updates the department on his research trip to China: I wrapped up my first major archival research segment today–the Yunnan Provincial Archives in Kunming. I spent more than two months here. I’m off to Rangoon next Wednesday to spend a week looking at the pre-1948 collections at the Myanmar National Archives.
Grad Student Ben Kochan Wins Gotlieb Award
History Ph.D. candidate Benjamin Kochan is a winner of the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Student Book Collecting Contest. Congratulations Ben!
Blower Publishes Review Essay
Professor Brooke Blower’s review essay, “Anti-Americanism Encore Une Fois,” appears in the current issue of Diplomatic History. For more, visit http://dh.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/04/02/dh.dht021.full.pdf?keytype=ref&ijkey=dfzzuAYWwNQJKlB
5th ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE IN AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY EXPLORES “THE SIXTIES at 50.”
On March 22-23, 2013 the BU APHI held its fifth annual Boston University Graduate Student American Political History Conference. The theme this year was “The Sixties @ 50” and graduate students from across the country, as well as several from the History and American Studies departments at BU, weighed-in on this topic from a diversity […]
Graduate Student David Olson Wins Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowship
Graduate student David Olson was awarded the Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowship by the University of Chicago. He will be the 2013 Hans Lenneberg Fellow and will spend August conducting research in their libraries.