The Washington Post Launches “Made by History”
The Washington Post has launched a new feature—Made By History—in which a group of historians (including BU Prof. Bruce Schulman) offer historical perspective on the news. BU Ph.D. Kathryn Brownell serves as Managing Editor for the feature. For more info, click here.
Shorten and Schulman Present on 1920s at HOTCUS Conference in Dublin
PhD Candidate Dave Shorten and Professor Bruce Schulman participated in a session on “Rethinking the 1920s” at the annual meeting of HOTCUS (Historians of the Twentieth Century United States) at University College Dublin. Shorten presented a paper entitled, “The Legacy of Anti-League Arguments: The League of Nations and 1920s ‘Isolationism’ in Historical Memory,” while Schulman […]
Betty Anderson Promoted to Full Professor
Professor of Middle Eastern History Betty Anderson was promoted to Full Professor in the Department of History. Congratulations to Professor Anderson!
PhD Candidate Andrew Bell Receives Research Fellowship at American Philosophical Society
This month, PhD candidate Andrew Bell was selected as a Library Resident Research Fellow for the American Philosophical Society. The fellowship, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will allow him to conduct archival research in Philadelphia this summer.
PhD Graduate Chris Conz Receives Postdoc Fellowship at Tufts University
PhD graduate Chris Conz, who in March successfully defended his dissertation, has been awarded a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy for next year. The fellowship falls under an interdisciplinary program at Friedman School called Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) which aims “to create a […]
Prof. Blower Publishes New Article in Diplomatic History
In the June 2017 issue of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations’s journal Diplomatic History, Associate Professor of History Brooke Blower published a new article titled “Nation of Outposts: Forts, Factories, Bases, and the Making of American Power.” The article is available to view at Oxford University Press’s website here.
PhD Graduate Matthew Pressman Receives AJHA Blanchard Dissertation Prize
BU History PhD graduate Matthew Pressman, now an Assistant Professor of Journalism at Seton Hall University, was awarded the 2016 AJHA Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize from the American Journalism Historians Association for his dissertation, Remaking the News: The Transformation of American Journalism, 1960-1980.
Prof. Zatlin Honored with 2017 Excellence in Student Advising Award
For his work with student theater group Wandering Minds, Associate Professor Jonathan Zatlin was given the 2016-2017 Excellence in Student Advising Award by the Boston University Student Activities Organization. Of the award, the SAO writes that advisors are “recognized for their ability to balance multiple roles while remaining focused on the achievement of organizational goals, […]
Prof. Ferleger and Prof. Zatlin Publish Op-Ed on Trump on HNN
History Department Chair and Professor Louis Ferleger and Associate Professor Jonathan Zatlin yesterday, April 23rd, published an article on the History News Network. The op-ed, titled “Trump Is Right about One Thing,” can viewed at historynewsnetwork.org here.
Gitner Teaching Awards in History Go to Prof. Phil Haberkern and TF Ryan Shaver
The 2017 recipients of the Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Undergraduate Teaching Prizes in History are Assistant Professor Phillip Haberkern and PhD candidate Ryan Shaver. Faculty recipient Phil Haberkern is distinguished by his many innovative undergraduate courses including HI 191: What is Europe? Ryan Shaver, Teaching Fellow Recipient, was cited as “an unusually committed and […]