Prof Cari Babitzke Accepted to the USIH-IUPUI Community Scholars Inaugural Cohort
History lecturer Professor Cari Babitzke was accepted to the Society for U.S. Intellectual History with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (USIH-IUPUI) Community Scholars inaugural cohort. This new initiative had a highly competitive response, and Professor Babitzke will contribute her innovative scholarship in U.S. intellecual history.
BU History Hosts Book Talk with Prof. Zhao and Discussant Prof. Hua
BU Center for the Study of Asia + BU Department of History Presents: “The Reach of the Revolutionary Propaganda State in Beijing, 1950-1953” Prof. Zhao MA 馬釗 (Washington University St. Louis) In a forthcoming new book, Seditious Voices in Revolutionary China, 1950-1953, Prof. Zhao examines the relationship between rumor-mongering and political propaganda during the Korean […]
Prof Emeritus James McCann presentations and seminars
Professor Emeritus James McCann will present a lightning round paper “Reflections on Water, Watersheds and Historical Identities: A Tale of Two Rivers” to the meeting Research on Tap organized by the BU Associate Provost for Research on March 22. Prof. McCann’s paper is a prelude to a plenary panel for the 2024 Third Annual World […]
PhD Student Elizabeth Grumer Presented Prize Winning Paper at UMD
History PhD candidate Elizabeth Grumer presented a paper at the University of Maryland History Graduate Student Association Conference at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her paper studies the reincarnation craze in American popular culture during the 1950s, linking the phenomenon to contemporaneous ideas about historical memory and gender identity. It was awarded the UMD […]
The Brink Published Article about Prof Menegon’s Research on Christianity in China
The Brink published an article about research conducted by History Professor Eugenio Menegon and Theology Professor Daryl Ireland. The article, “What’s behind Boom of Christianity in China?” discusses the two faculty’s efforts at mapping religion’s history in China and explaining its rapid growth.
PhD Candidate Courteney Smith Awarded Curran Fellowship
History PhD Candidate Courteney Smith has been awarded the Curran Fellowship by the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals. The grant will fund a month in London, where she’ll be conducting dissertation research on local and regional press coverage of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
Prof John Thornton Wrote Opinion Piece in BU Today About Banning AP African American Studies in FL
History Professor John Thornton wrote an opinion piece in BU Today entitled, “POV: Florida Rejects AP African American Studies Course–Who Pays the Price?” Read the entire piece on the BU Today website.
Prof Bruce Schulman Discusses Lyndon B. Johnson in article with Smithsonian Magazine
History Professor Bruce Schulman discusses the actions of Lyndon B. Johnson and the effects of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 on his presidency in an article for the Smithsonian Magazine.
Prof. Sarah Phillips Published Article with JAH
History Professor Sarah Phillips published an article last month with The Journal of American History entitled “The Price of Plenty: Getting Farm Policy Right in the 1960s.” Find a PDF of the entire article here.
Prof Chernock Published Piece with WBUR
History Professor Arianne Chernock published a piece with WBUR entitled “Why we should care about the royals – and their scandals.” The article, which was published following the release of Prince Harry’s memoir “Spare” can be found on WBUR.