Prof. Austin Receives HistoryMakers Digital Archives Award
As announced in Black Enterprise, Professor Paula Austin is a recipient of an Academic Research Award in HistoryMakers‘ 2020 Digital Archives Awards. Of her project “A History of Black (un)Rest,” Professor Austin writes, This second book project aims to examine practices of “self-care” in Black (and people of color) activist and organizing communities from early […]
Prof. Siegel Wins Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Benjamin Siegel is the 2020 recipient of the Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching. In the April 29th faculty meeting over Zoom, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies Joe Bizup announced the faculty teaching awards, saying of Professor Siegel: Specializing in the modern history and politics of South Asia, Ben joined […]
Two Members of the BU History Community to Be Honored at 2020 Commencement
Though BU has not yet been able to announce the new date for its 2020 Commencement ceremonies, the honorary degree recipients, speakers, and faculty award winners were announced at the annual Senior Breakfast, held virtually over Zoom last Friday, as reported by BU Today. This year, the History Department will be represented at the All-University ceremony […]
PhD Candidate Henry Tonks Publishes Article in Journal of Pacific and American Studies
PhD candidate Henry Tonks has recently published an article in the Journal of Pacific and American Studies. The journal is published by the Center for Pacific and American Studies, a part of the Institute for Advanced Global Studies at the University of Tokyo. The article, titled “Looking East: What American Neoliberals Learned from Japanese Political Economy […]
Prof. Jon Roberts and PhD Candidate Kacie Harris Receive 2020 Gitner Teaching Awards
Each year the Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Undergraduate Teaching Prizes in History award one faculty member and one teaching fellow for excellence in instructing the department’s students. The 2020 faculty recipient is Professor Jon Roberts and the 2020 graduate student recipient is Kacie Harris. Congratulations to both!
Prof. Heywood and Prof. Thornton Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences recently announced its list of newly elected members for 2020. The AAAS’s list of the newest additions to its ranks includes two of the History Department’s own faculty: Professor Linda Heywood and Professor John Thornton.
History Students Receive 2020 BUCH Awards
Though unable to hold an in-person ceremony due to COVID-19, the Boston University Center for the Humanities has now announced the recipients of its 2020 BUCH student awards. From the History Department, the awardees are Jeanna Kinnebrew for the Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize, Catherine Devlin for the Alice M. Brennan Humanities Award, […]
Prof. Austin to Give Professor Perspectives Webinar on Black Women’s Organizing
On Monday, April 13th at 6 PM, Professor Paula Austin will lead a virtual discussion over Zoom and Facebook Live as part of the “Professor Perspectives” lecture series. The webinar, titled “Professor Perspectives: History of Black Women’s Organizing,” is co-sponsored by the BU Center for Gender, Sexuality & Activism and UMOJA, the BU Black Student […]
Prof. Robichaud Publishes Article on Tiger King in The Washington Post
Professor Andrew Robichaud recently published an article on Netflix’s Tiger King docuseries in The Washington Post’s “Made by History” series. The article, titled “The drama and appeal of ‘Tiger King’ is a century in the making,” is available on the Post’s website here.
PhD Candidate Jamie Grischkan Named Berger-Howe Legal History Fellow at Harvard Law School
BU History PhD Candidate Jamie Grischkan has been selected to be the Raoul Berger-Mark DeWolfe Howe Legal History Fellowship at Harvard Law School for the 2020-2021 academic year.