Prof. Menegon to Participate in Colloquium at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College
Associate Professor of Chinese History Eugenio Menegon will participate in a colloquium at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College. The event, titled “Calamity from Within? Jesuits, Papal Legates, and Chinese Imperial Envoys in the Eighteenth Century” will take place on Thursday April 12th from 3 to 5pm at the John J. Burns […]
PhD Student Andrew Bell Receives Predoctoral Fellowship at the Smithsonian
Ph.D. candidate Andrew Bell was recently offered a predocotoral fellowship from the Smithsonian Institution. The fellowship, open to researchers across academic disciplines interested in utilizing materials housed at the various Smithsonian facilities, will enable him to conduct research necessary for his dissertation, tentatively titled “Digging Deep: Archaeologists and American Foreign Relations in a World of […]
PhD Student Cari Babitzke Publishes Article in The Washington Post
On March 23rd, a new piece by BU History PhD Candidate Cari Babitzke was published in The Washington Post as part of its “Made by History” series. The piece, titled “How the AR-15 became America’s rifle,” is available to read online here.
Prof. Mayers Releases New Book, America and the Postwar World
Professor of History and Political Science David Mayers has a new book out this month on Routledge Press titled America and the Postwar World: Remaking International Society, 1945-1956. The main tide of international relations scholarship on the first years after World War II sweeps toward Cold War accounts. These have emphasized the United States and USSR […]
First Issue of Modern American History Now Available
Professors Brooke Blower and Sarah Phillips (BU History Department) are pleased to announce that the first issue of Modern American History (MAH) is now available in print and online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-american-history. As founding executive editors, Blower and Phillips have been working for two years to launch this new journal with Cambridge University Press, which showcases top-quality emerging […]
Prof. Johnson Talks to HGSO for Ongoing Coffee Chat Series
The History Graduate Student Organization continued with its Coffee Chat Series this semester. On February 27, Professor James Johnson spoke to graduate students about his background, past and present research, and ways of thinking about methodology. Essentially, these coffee and pastry-fueled discussions provide the opportunity for professors and graduate students (both History and AMNESP) to get […]
BU PhD Matt Pressman Reflects on His Dissertation Process for the AJHA
BU History PhD Recipient and Assistant Professor of Journalism at Seton Hall University Matthew Pressman wrote a reflection on the process of generating ideas, both for his doctoral dissertation (now under contract with Harvard University Press) and his next scholarly book project. The piece, titled “Blanchard Prize Winner Reflects on Formulating Ideas for His Media […]
BU PhD Zach Fredman Publishes Op-Ed in Washington Post
BU History PhD and US Foreign Policy and International Security Fellow at Dartmouth College Zach Fredman recently published an op-ed in the Washington Post’s “Made by History” series. The article, titled “America’s longtime foreign policy in Asia: booze, prostitutes and bribes,” is available to read online here.
NYT Interviews Prof. Menegon on History of Catholicism in China and Recent Sino-Vatican Negotiations
Recent negotiations between the Vatican and Beijing on the future of the Catholic church in China have focused attention on the region of Mindong (Fujian province, China), the research subject of Associate Professor Eugenio Menegon’s 2009 book Ancestors, Virgins and Friars. The New York Times interviewed Professor Menegon for a recent article titled “10 Million Catholics in […]
Prof. Nolan Interviewed for BBC Mundo on Trump Military Parade
Associate Professor of Military History Cathal Nolan was interviewed for an article in BBC Mundo on President Trump’s proposed military parade. The article, titled “¿Por qué Estados Unidos no celebra grandes desfiles militares y qué mensaje enviaría al mundo si Donald Trump organiza uno en Washington?,” is available online here.