Promotion of Professors Blower and Chernock featured in BU Today
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History 200 Book Prizes Awarded
On May 7, 2013, Hi 200 Professors Arianne Chernock and Diana Wylie (who taught with a jointly developed syllabus) awarded book prizes for outstanding final projects in their sections at a gala ceremony in Room 304. The first recipient, Joseph Beebe, won for “Pinpointing the Success of Theodore Roosevelt, the Candidate.” In this remarkable research guide, […]
Professor David Fromkin to Retire
David Fromkin, Professor of International Relations and History, will retire from Boston University, effective June 30, 2014 and that he will spend AY 2013-14 on terminal sabbatical. Please join us in wishing Professor Fromkin a pleasant and productive retirement.
Four History Students to Receive Humanities Awards
Graduate Students Christine Axen and Amy Noel as well as Undergraduate History Concentrators Christopher Barnes and Matthew Lavallee and have been selected to receive student awards funded by the Boston University Center for the Humanities. The awards will be received at a ceremony at the BU Castle on Tuesday May 14th. Please join us in […]
Graduate Student Matt Pressman Publishes Article on 1919 in Journalism History
Matt Pressman’s article, “Black and White and Red All Over?: Reassessing Newspapers’ Role in the Red Scare of 1919 appears in the current issue of Journalism History
Professors Blower and Chernock Promoted to Rank of Associate Professor
Professors Brooke Blower and Arianne Chernock have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. Please join us congratulating our colleagues on this fine achievement!
Graduating History Department Seniors Zanella and Gillies receive CAS Writing Awards
The History Department is proud to announce that two of our graduating seniors were awarded a whopping two out of four total CAS writing awards. Alexaundra Zanella received the Michael A. Sassano III and Christopher M. Sassano Award for Writing Excellence in the Social Sciences, and Conor Gillies received the Award for Writing Excellence in […]
Professor Arianne Chernock awarded BUCH award for “Female Authority” Colloquium
Along with Professors Jim Schmidt, Susanne Sreedhar, and Aaron Garrett, Professor Chernock is planning a colloquium on “Female Authority,” which will take place next spring (April 4, 2014). The 1-day colloquium will explore the ways in which female power, and the concept of women’s agency more broadly conceived, were constituted, represented and defended during the […]
Modern Intellectual History April 2013 Issue Published
Charles Capper edits Modern Intellectual History. His coeditors are Duncan Kelly (University of Cambridge), Anthony La Vopa (N.C. State), and Samuel Moyn (Columbia University). Published by Cambridge University Press, the journal serves as a focal point and forum for scholarship in intellectual history and related fields. Though its primary focus is on Europe and the […]
Graduate Student Zach Fredman Wins Boren Fellowship
Graduate student Zach Fredman was awarded a Boren Fellowship, allowing him to do up to a year of research in China. Boren Fellowships provide U.S. graduate students the opportunity to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency. For more details see: http://borenawards.org/boren_fellowship/basics.html