Announcing the 2021 Bacon Lecture by Manisha Sinha on April 14
Please join the Boston University History Department for the 2021 annual Gaspar G. Bacon Lecture. Professor Manisha Sinha, the Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut will examine the long genealogy of the Nineteenth Amendment in the history of abolitionist feminism. It revisits the Reconstruction debates over women’s suffrage to argue that […]
PhD Candidate Patrick Browne Wins Shotwell Fellowship
Congratulations to Patrick Browne for winning the Shotwell fellowship, an award that assists History PhD students in their final year of dissertation writing. This award has been generously funded by an alumni of the History PhD program. Tentatively titled “The Ordeal of Homecoming: Northern Civilians and Returning Union Veterans of the Civil War,” Patrick’s work […]
Prof. Ibram X. Kendi’s New Book Four Hundred Souls Out Today
Today marks the release of a new book from Ibram X. Kendi, a Professor of History and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 was co-edited by Professor Kendi and Keisha N. Blain, Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, and published by One […]
Prof. Schulman Pens Article on Presidential Rankings for The Washington Post
In an article titled “Who is the worst American president of all time?,” Professor Bruce Schulman discusses the history of US presidential rankings. The piece, which is part of The Washington Post’s “Made by History” series, is available to read at the Post’s website here.
Prof. Chernock Discusses Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff in BU Today
Professor Arianne Chernock was interviewed by BU Today on the role of Doug Emhoff, the U.S.’s first Second Gentleman and husband of Vice President Kamala Harris. The article, titled “What Should Doug Emhoff, America’s Inaugural Second Gentleman, Do with the Role?,” is available on BU Today here.
Prof. Robichaud Publishes Article on Winter in The Boston Globe
Professor Andrew Robichaud published an article in The Boston Globe titled “Coasting into winter 2021.” The article, which discusses 19th century Bostonians’ recreational activities in snowy weather, is available to read at the Globe’s website here.
January 2021 Issue of the History Department Newsletter Now Available
The January 2021 issue of the History Department’s newsletter, The Presence of the Past is now available! The newsletter is available here, or take a look at previous issues here.
Clifford Backman, BU Today Write Memorials to Jon Westling
BU Today published an obituary remembering Professor Jon Westling, who died last week. The piece contains interviews with some of Professor Westling’s colleagues, both faculty and staff, and including Professor Clifford Backman and Professor James McCann. Professor Backman has shared some further words commemorating Westling: On an official level, Jon had a long and complicated […]
Prof. Menegon Presents Paper at UC Berkeley Center for Democracy, Toleration and Religion
Professor Eugenio Menegon was a participant in an online conference hosted by the Center for Democracy, Toleration and Religion at UC Berkeley on “Toleration in Comparative Perspective.” Professor Menegon presented his paper, titled “The Way Has Not a Constant Name’: State Attitudes to Religious Toleration in Chinese History,” yesterday, Wednesday, January 20th.
Jon Westling, Professor of History and Humanities and President Emeritus of Boston University, Passes Away
It is with great sadness that the Department of History must announce that Professor and President Emeritus Jon Westling has died, his family reports. Professor Westling served as President of the University from 1996 to 2002, after which he joined the History Department. A longer statement on Professor Westling’s life and work is forthcoming.