BU History PhD Andrew David Interviewed in BU Today
BU History PhD and former Lecturer in the department Andrew David was interviewed in BU Today for a piece titled “The Trump Tapes vs the Nixon Tapes.” The article, which is part of BU Today‘s 2020 election coverage, is available to read at their website.
Prof. Payaslian Publishes Article on Armenian Poet Daniel Varoujan
Professor Simon Payaslian published an article entitled “Daniel Varoujan à l’Université de Gand (1905-1909),” in Revue belge de Philologie et d’Histoire / Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Filologie en Geschiedenis (97, 2019), pp. 841-872. The article appears in a special issue entitled Daniel Varoujan: Un poète arménien à Gand – cent ans après, edited by Professor Peter Van […]
Prof. Zatlin Co-edits New Book on Nazi Germany
Professor Jonathan Zatlin just published a new book on University of Michigan Press titled Dispossession: Plundering German Jewry, 1933-1953. Professor Zatlin was co-editor along with Christoph Kreutzmüller, a Senior Historian of the House of the Wannsee-Conference, Berlin. This collection of essays by a range of international, multidisciplinary scholars explores the financial history, social significance, and cultural […]
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.