Professor Blower Receives Public Scholars Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities
Professor Brooke Blower is a recipient of the Public Scholars grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her project “American World Wars: Intimate Histories from the Crash of the Yankee Clipper.” The Public Scholars program supports the creation of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public. Professor Blower’s project […]
Prof. Austin Writes POV Article for BU Today
Professor Paula Austin has written an article for BU Today titled “POV: Trump’s Call for a National Garden of American Heroes Misses the Point.” The article is available to read on BU Today’s website here.
Prof. Menegon to Present New Research and Publication in Virtual Workshop at Duke University
On Thursday, July 30, 2020, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM (Eastern Time, US and Canada) Prof. Eugenio Menegon will offer a Virtual Workshop on the topic “Mission Records as Method: Towards a Microhistory of Global China,” as part of the 2020 summer events hosted by the Humanities Unbounded MicroWorlds Lab at Duke University. The MicroWorlds […]
History’s Undergraduate Humanities Scholars Awards for Summer 2020
Five History students (out of a total of 25 awardees for all humanistic disciplines), in collaboration with History faculty, have received UROP Humanities Scholars Awards for Summer 2020. These awards provide students with stipend and supplies/travel support and research funding to their faculty mentor. Our students will present their findings at the Annual UROP Research Symposium and through other activities during […]
PhD Candidate Jeanna Kinnebrew Writes Piece for Southern Historical Association
PhD candidate Jeanna Kinnebrew published a piece for the Southern Historical Association Grad Council’s series on researching and teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. The work, titled “Pandemics, Parenting, and the Historian’s Craft,” is available at the SHA’s website here.
Prof. Silber Writes Article in WBUR on BU Mascot’s Ties to Gone With the Wind
In an article for WBUR, Professor Nina Silber examines the white supremacist message of the film Gone With the Wind, from which Boston University’s terrier mascot Rhett takes its name. The piece, titled “Don’t Think Racism Is Baked Into Our Culture? Just Look At BU’s Beloved Mascot, Rhett the Terrier,” is available to read at WBUR’s […]
Prof. Kendi Receives Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities
As announced in BU Today, Professor Ibram X. Kendi was named the recipient of Boston University’s Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities. The position has been held only once before by the late Elie Wiesel from 1976 to his retirement in 2013.
Prof. David’s American Presidency Course Featured in BU Today
During the Summer 1 term, Professor Andrew David taught the course HI 283: The Twentieth-Century American Presidency remotely. Professor David’s teaching was featured in BU Today in an article titled “Trump and Nixon: Separated at Birth?”
A Day of Collective Engagement – History Department Participation
The Boston University History Department recognizes and mourns the long history of racial injustice that has left deep scars on our society and which confronts us today in horrific incidents of racial violence, including the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. We acknowledge, too, the long and vital history of antiracist […]
Prof. Austin to Participate in BU IOC Webinar on Systemic Racism
On Tuesday, June 23rd, Professor Paula Austin will be one of the panelists on an upcoming webinar hosted by the BU Initiative on Cities titled “Confronting Systemic Racism: Policing, Mass Incarceration & Black Lives Matter.” Along with Professor Austin, the panelists will include Raul Fernandez, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at the BU […]