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Prof Arianne Chernock Mentioned in Two NYT Articles

History Professor Arianne Chernock was mentioned this past week in two New York Times articles: “Prince and Princess of Wales to Visit Boston as the Royal Family Recasts Itself” and “‘The Crown’: The Story of Mohamed Al-Fayed and His Valet.”

Prof Erik Goldstein delivered Keynote at Conference in Prague

History Professor Erik Goldstein delivered the keynote lecture at a conference held in Prague, Czech Republic dealing with  “The League of Nations: The First Global Peacekeeping Organization in the Changing World – Reflections and Interdependencies.”  Organized by the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Charles University, and the University of Vienna, this […]

BU History Representation at NACBS 2022

Several members of BU History participated at the North American Conference on British Studies, which took place this past weekend in Chicago. History Professor Arianne Chernock participated in a round table discussion and graduate students Rachel Monsey and Courteney Smith presented papers. Also attending the event was History PhD Candidate Tom Sojka.  

Prof. Simon Payaslian Presented Paper at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland

Professor Simon Payaslian presented a paper entitled “The American Armenian Press in the United States and the Construction of Durable Memory (1920s-1950s),” at the interdisciplinary conference on “Faces of Postmemory 5 – Conflicts or Negotiations?” at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, Oct. 25-26, 2022. 

Prof Phillip Haberkern Featured in BU Today about course on Game of Thrones

Associate Professor of History Phillip Haberkern was featured this past weekend in the BU Today article, “Game of Thrones and What It Can Teach Us about Historic European Power and Politics.” In the article, Professor Haberkern discusses his course, CAS HI 207: Game of Thrones–Power and Politics in Pre-Modern Europe, which is typically offered by […]

History Alumnus B. Chance Saltzman Confirmed Chief of U.S. Space Operations

On September 29, the Senate confirmed Lieutenant General B. Chance Saltzman to be the U.S. Space Force’s next Chief of Space Operations.  General Saltzman graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in History in 1991.  In an article published on the United States Space Force website, Saltzman’s predecessor General John Raymond states that he […]