Prof. Arianne Chernock Publishes Review in Times Literary Supplement
Associate Professor Arianne Chernock wrote a review in the Times Literary Supplement on Peter Doggett’s book, “Growing Up: Sex in the Sixties.” Read the full review here.
Virtual Plenary Honoring BU Professor Emeritus Charles Capper
The Society for U.S. Intellectual History is hosting a virtual plenary honoring BU Professor Emeritus Charles Capper on Monday, 6 December 2021, 7pm EST. It is free and open to the public, link accessible here. To read more about Capper’s life and accomplishments within the study of history, see our previous post here.
BU History Alum Kathryn Brownell Teaches the Art of the Op-Ed and Senior History Major Catherine Devlin Applies the Lessons in an Original Piece for HNN
In September, BU History Ph.D. Kathryn Brownell returned to campus to lead a series of workshops on historical op-ed writing. Dr. Brownell, currently Associate Professor of History at Purdue, is the co-editor of “Made By History,” the Washington Post section that brings historical perspectives to contemporary news stories. During her visit, Brownell spoke to graduate […]
Associate Professor Arianne Chernock writes piece in WBUR on Princess Diana
Associate Professor Arianne Chernock – who teaches BU History courses on modern Britain, gender and the monarchy – just wrote this piece in WBUR: Why can’t we seem to get enough of Princess Diana? Read the article here
Prof. Eugenio Menegon Awarded Digital Humanities Advancement Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The BU Center for Global Christianity and Mission, in collaboration with the History Department (Prof. Eugenio Menegon, co-investigator), was recently awarded a Digital Humanities Advancement grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for their project titled “China Historical Christian Database: Mapping the Spatial and Social Networks of Christianity in China, 1550-1950.” The peer-reviewed grant is one of […]
Prof. Ibram X. Kendi Awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, has been awarded the 2021 MacArthur Fellowship, also informally known as the ‘Genius Grant,’ along with twenty-four others. The fellowship entails not only prestige but $625,500, awarded in installments over five years, to be used to the discretion of the fellow. The fellowship […]
Podcast Interviews Professor Schulman About “The Decade”
JHU Press Podcaster Mary Alice Yeskey interviews Professor Bruce Schulman about the decade as marker of historical time. How and why did 20th Century Americans reckon time in decades and will they continue to do so? You can listen here.
PhD Candidate Joshua Castillo Featured in Interview on Congolese National Languages
PhD Candidate Joshua Castillo was featured in an RTNC (Radio Télévision Nationale Congolaise) Interview regarding learning the four Congolese national languages: Ciluba, Swahili, Lingala, and Kikongo, and his research in the Congo.
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka Publishes Piece in LARB’s PubLab on The Pursuit of Love
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka has published an essay on the most recent adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love in PubLab (a channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books). Tom’s piece can be found here and The Pursuit of Love is streaming now on Amazon Prime.
PhD Candidate Chenguang Zhu Receives Travel Grant from NACBS
PhD candidate Chenguang Zhu was selected as one of two runner-ups for the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS) 2021 Dissertation Fellowship for his project “The Silent Delegates in a Foreign Capital: Chinese Objects, Civilizational Hierarchy, and Cultural Diplomacy in the International Exhibitions and Museums in London, 1851-1912.” Zhu will use the travel grant […]