Prof Schulman Publishes Article with Time Magazine
The results of the recent primaries confirmed what many long expected (and many dreaded): the 2024 presidential election will feature a second contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. In this piece for Time Magazine, Professor Bruce Schulman suggests that this rerun, however, might prove more interesting than expected. Over the course of U.S. history, presidential […]
Prof Chernock Contributed to NYT Article
History Professor Arianne Chernock contributed to a New York Times Article, entitled “A Very Royal Scavenger Hunt.”
Kathryn Lamontagne Nominated for NEHA
History alumna and BU lecturer Kathryn Lamontagne was nominated for a spot on the board of the New England Historical Association (the only NTT out of 8 candidates) and was interviewed for articles in Time, USA Today, AP, and appeared on all the Boston TV stations delivering commentary on the Royal Family. Her POV piece appeared […]
History PhD Alumna Kathryn Brownell Awarded Lu Ann Aday Award
BU History Ph.D. Kathryn Brownell, now Professor of History at Purdue University, won that university’s highest faculty research prize—the Lu Ann Aday Award. You can read about her achievements here.
Graduate Students Keara Sebold and Maria Kotsouris win Gitner and TF Awards
The History Department is pleased to announce that Keara Sebold is the winner of the Gitner Family Prize in teaching and Maria Koutsouris is the winner of the GRS Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award. This year, there were a record number of faculty nominations and very impassioned recommendations submitted for many of our wonderful TFs. On […]
Prof. Simon Payaslian Presents Paper in Paris-Aubervilliers
Professor Simon Payaslian presented a paper, entitled “Nationalism and the Pathologization of Diasporic Existence: The Thanatology of the Armenian Diaspora,” at the conference on “Armenian Diaspora(s) in Motion: Places, Stakeholders and Practices in the 21st Century,” held at Campus Condorcet, Paris-Aubervilliers, March 14-15, 2024.
Patrick Browne Accepts New Position
The History Department is thrilled to announce that PhD recipient Dr. Patrick Browne has accepted the position as Director of the Plymouth MA Historical Society. Congratulations to Dr. Browne!
Prof. Bruce Schulman Featured in Modern American History
Bruce Schulman’s article, “The (New) American Political Tradition” appeared in the March 2024 issue of Modern American History. It’s inspired by Richard Hofstadter’s 1948 original. You can read it here.
PhD Courteney Smith Awarded Huntington Library Travel Grant
PhD Candidate Courteney Smith has been awarded a Huntington Library Travel Grant, for research in overseas archives whose collections complement the Huntington’s own. Through this grant, she will be conducting research on the connections between Welsh nationalism and women’s higher education at the Cardiff University archives, the Glamorgan Archives, and the National Library of Wales.
PhD Warren Dennis Publishes Made by History Article
History PhD Warren Dennis published an article with Time’s Made by History entitled “What Critics of the EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Regulations Get Wrong About the Clean Air Act’s History.”