BU History Alum Anne Blaschke Publishes OpEd on Sex and the City
BU History Ph.D. Anne Blaschke published an OpEd in the Washington Post (Made by History) on the legacy of the tv show Sex and the City. The article looks at the show’s troubling neglect of sexual assault in the 1990s in light of current sexual misconduct allegations against Chris Noth, who played the iconic character […]
Prof. Arianne Chernock Publishes Article in 20th Century British History Journal
Associate professor Arianne Chernock published an article, “A Simple and Rather Tender Thing? Laurence Housman’s Victoria Regina in 1930s Britain and America.” It is available to read here, in the Twentieth Century British History journal of the Oxford Academic.
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka Publishes Review Article “Explicit and Confounding Books” in LARB
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka published a review article in the Los Angeles Review of Books about Christopher Hilliard’s book A Matter of Obscenity. Tom’s full review can be found here.
December 2021 Issue of the History Department Newsletter Now Available
The December 2021 issue of the History Department’s newsletter, The Presence of the Past is now available! Read the newsletter here, or take a look at previous issues here.
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 […]