American Political History Seminar, 01/26/11
January 26, 2011: American Political History Seminar, 12 noon, HIS 504, Stephen Whitfield (Brandeis University) will speak on “Nixon and the Jews.”
Robert Dallek publishes new book on post-WWII era
Former BU history professor Robert Dallek is the author of The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953, in which he reinterprets the postwar years in which major leaders made decisions that influenced world history for decades to come.
News of Marilyn Halter’s graduate seminar on immigration
GRS HI 755: American Immigration History. More immigrants from the most diverse set of origins spanning the longest sustained period of time have made the U.S. their home than any other nation in the history of the world. In this seminar, we examine the history of that immigration with particular emphasis on the mass migrations […]
Simon Rabinovitch teaches European readings seminar
GRS HI 719. Topic for Spring 2011: Nationalism. Readings will include some theories of nationalism and extensive comparison of the development of nations and national movements in Europe. We will look at many answers to the following two questions: what is nationalism and why does it develop? Taught by Professor Simon Rabnovitch, Thursdays 3:30-6:30.
Charles Dellheim offers new graduate seminar
In the spring semester Professor Charles Dellheim will offer a new course under the rubric of “Problems in Twentieth-Century History” (GRS HI 743). This seminar examines a critical problem in late-nineteenth and twentieth-century European and American cultural history: the origins and development of the modern movement. The central theme is the relationship between art and […]
Faculty search for south Asian historian cancelled
The department began a search for a new faculty member in south Asian history in September. Just before the November 1 deadline for applications, however, the College administration cancelled the search for budgetary reasons.
Early modern historian appointed to department
Phillip Haberkern has accepted the department’s offer of a position as assistant professor in the field of early modern European history. He holds a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton during the current academic year, and will therefore begin his appointment in September 2011. Haberkern received his BA in Religious Studies and Anthropology from the University of […]