PhD Candidate Tom Sojka Publishes Piece in LARB’s PubLab on The Pursuit of Love
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka has published an essay on the most recent adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love in PubLab (a channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books). Tom’s piece can be found here and The Pursuit of Love is streaming now on Amazon Prime.
PhD Candidate Chenguang Zhu Receives Travel Grant from NACBS
PhD candidate Chenguang Zhu was selected as one of two runner-ups for the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS) 2021 Dissertation Fellowship for his project “The Silent Delegates in a Foreign Capital: Chinese Objects, Civilizational Hierarchy, and Cultural Diplomacy in the International Exhibitions and Museums in London, 1851-1912.” Zhu will use the travel grant […]
PhD Candidate Elizabeth Hameeteman Receives 2021 BU Women’s Guild Award
PhD candidate Elizabeth Hameeteman is a 2021 recipient of the BU Women’s Guild Award. The awards “provide both aid and encouragement to individuals aged 30 and over who are enrolled in University graduate programs, with preference to women.”
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka to Participate in the LARB Publishing Workshop
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka will spend 5 weeks as a Los Angeles Review of Books Publishing Workshop fellow this summer, where he will network with industry professionals, assist in the production of PubLab (the official journal of the LARB Publishing Workshop and a LARBchannel), and develop skills in both book and magazine production. His participation […]
Prof. Schulman Analyzes the Decade as Cultural Touchstone in New Article
Ever wonder why we tend to mark cultural time in decades? How the “decade book” became a genre? And whether the decade still works as a cultural touchstone? Professor Bruce Schulman addresses these questions in a new article, “Islands in Time, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Decade.” You can find it […]
Prof. Robichaud Publishes Article in Journal of Urban History
Professor Andrew Robichaud has published an article in the Journal of Urban History, published by the Urban History Association. The article, titled “Brighton Fair: The Life, Death, and Legacy of an Animal Suburb,” is available to read online here.
Prof. Nina Silber Awarded Jon Westling Professorship in History
The Jon Westling Professorship in History was created through the philanthropic support of Trustee Emeritus Richard B. DeWolfe and other donors, and honors former Boston University President and Professor of History Jon Westling. The professorship is awarded to an outstanding faculty member working in any subfield of history. Professor Nina Silber is an accomplished and […]
Prof. Richardson Publishes Article in Transition Magazine
Professor Ronald Richardson has published an article in the latest issue of Transition magazine. The article, titled “The White Supremacist Collective Unconscious and the Autonomous Self,” is available to read on Project Muse here or on JSTOR here. Transition is published by Indiana University Press on behalf of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard […]
PhD Candidate Jamie Grischkan Receives Golieb Fellowship in Legal History at NYU
PhD candidate Jamie Grischkan has been awarded the Samuel I. Golieb Fellowship in Legal History at the New York University School of Law for the 2021-2022 academic year. According to the Law School, the Golieb Fellowship “was established in 1981 to provide young legal historians with research support and a forum to present their work.”
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka Publishes Article in The Modernist Review
PhD candidate Thomas J. Sojka has published a piece on Henry Green’s Party Going for the “Modernist Festivities” issue of The Modernist Review. The article is available to read on The Modernist Review’s website here.