Prof. Silber Interviewed by BU Today on the Prospect of “Another Civil War”
Professor Nina Silber provided answers to a question posed by BU Today on “the possibility of another civil war.” The interview, titled “BU Historian Answers: Are We Headed for Another Civil War?,” is available to read online at BU Today.
History Graduate Noe Hinck Publishes Article in Columbia Journal of History
BU History graduate Noe Hinck (CAS ’18), now pursuing a Ph.M. in European Politics at the University of Oxford, recently published an article in Columbia University’s undergraduate research journal The Columbia Journal of History. The paper, titled “Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee: The Parade that Restored the British Monarchy,” was originally written for Professor Brooke Blower’s honors […]
Prof. Charlie Capper Honored at AHA Meeting
A two-session roundtable on “Intellectual History in an Anti-intellectual Age” was held in honor of Charles Capper at the American Historical Association’s Annual Meeting in Chicago over January 3-6, 2019. The honor was bestowed for Capper’s cofounding and subsequently coediting for fifteen years Modern Intellectual History and was occasioned by his recently stepping down as […]
PhD Candidate Cari Babitzke Awarded Research Grant by Dirksen Congressional Center
BU History PhD candidate Cari Babitzke was one of a handful of recipients of the Dirksen Congressional Center’s 2019 Congressional Research Grants for her project titled Man, Myth, Machine: The Politics of Gun Control in the Twentieth Century US.
Prof. Emerita Barbara Diefendorf Publishes New Book with Oxford UP
Professor Emerita of History Barbara Diefendorf recently published her latest book with Oxford University Press, titled Planting the Cross: Catholic Reform and Renewal in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth Century France. The first thing that Catholic religious orders did when they arrived in a town to establish a new community was to plant the cross—to erect a large […]
HGSO Hosts Coffee Chat Series with Prof. Anderson, Organizes New Writing Workshops
Towards the end of last semester, the HSGO organized another installment of the Coffee Chat Series, this time with Professor Betty Anderson, as well as more Shakespeare Nights led by Charley Binkow. Moreover, Rachel Wilson presented her work during our good ol’ Writing Workshop after Seth Anderson and Tom Sojka already had done so. One […]
BU PhD Matt Pressman Wins PROSE Award from AAP
BU PhD and Assistant Professor of Journalism Matt Pressman was awarded a PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers. Pressman’s book On Press: The Liberal Values That Shaped the News won the award in the Media and Cultural Studies category.
BU PhD Matt Pressman’s Book Reviewed by Jill Lepore for The New Yorker
In the latest issue of The New Yorker, staff writer (and former BU History Professor) Jill Lepore reviews several books on the history of journalism, including On Press, the new book based on his doctoral dissertation of BU History Ph.D. Matthew Pressman (currently Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University). You can read the article, titled […]
An Alternative Thanksgiving: Maritime Asia Conference in Paris for Professor Menegon
During the past Thanksgiving break (November 21-23, 2018), Professor Eugenio Menegon presented a paper entitled “Communicating on board and on shore: European testimonies on varieties of lingua franca in maritime China, 1550-1850” at the International Conference “Maritime knowledge for Asian seas. An interdisciplinary dialogue between maritime historians and archaeologists,” organized by the SeaFaring Research Programme, […]
Call for Papers: 2019 Undergraduate History Association Conference
The Fourth Annual Undergraduate Academic History Conference will take place on Sunday, April 7, 2019. Students will present conference papers of their own historical interests on group panels, followed by commentary and a Q&A segment. Presentations will be no longer than 12 minutes. The Undergraduate History Association at Boston University welcomes submissions for its annual […]