Now Available: The December 2016 Issue of the History Department Newsletter, The Presence of the Past
The December 2016 issue of the department newsletter The Presence of the Past is now available to view online. Click here to find out more about the new books, articles, panels, and parties at the BU Department of History. For past issues of the newsletter, visit the History Department’s archives.
Prof. Zatlin Assembles American Historical Review Conversation on “Reconceptualizing the 20th Century”
The current issue of the American Historical Review features a “Conversation” about reconceptualizing the twentieth century that Professor Jonathan Zatlin conceived and edited. The publication, entitled “History after the End of History: Reconceptualizing the Twentieth Century,” grew out of a Mellon Sawyer Seminar that Zatlin together with his colleagues Andrew Bacevich, Brooke Blower, and Bruce Schulman […]
Professor Menegon Organizes Panel on Jesuits in China at Boston College
On November 29, 2016 Professor Eugenio Menegon organized a panel entitled “Four Centuries of Jesuit History in China” on behalf of the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies (IAJS) and the Asian Studies Program at Boston College. Professor Menegon received a Senior Fellowship at IAJS last Spring and was recently named Affiliated Scholar at the Institute. […]
MAH Executive Editors Phillips and Blower Discuss Their Work and New Journal
In a new feature published by the Cambridge Core blog, Associate Professors of History Sarah Phillips and Brooke Blower each discussed their current scholarship and plans for the newly launched journal Modern American History, on which they will be working as co-Executive Editors. The journal will publish its first issue in Spring of 2018 and interested […]
Introducing Modern American History, a New Journal from Cambridge University Press
Associate Professors of History Brooke Blower and Sarah Phillips are to act as the Executive Editors of the newly introduced journal Modern American History. The first issue is slated to be published on Cambridge University Press in Spring 2018 and at the moment, the journal is currently accepting submissions. To find out more about MAH, visit the Cambridge […]
Schulman Wins National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award and Is Featured in BU Research Story
Professor Bruce Schulman recently won a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award to complete his forthcoming book, a volume of the Oxford History of the United States covering the years from 1896 to 1929. BU Research sat down with Schulman to talk about how the turn-of-the-century changes he is studying connect to today’s politics. You can find the interview at http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/presidential-elections-history/.
A Look at the Department’s First Annual History Concentrators’ Pizza Party
Last Thursday, October 20th, the History Department hosted its first annual History Concentrators’ Pizza Party, open to any interested majors, minors, faculty, or other students of history. Take a glance at some of the photos from the event, courtesy of Professor Eugenio Menegon.
‘Making of Modern China’ Seminar Visits Chinese House in Salem
On October 13, 2016, members of the History Seminar “The Making of Modern China” (HI 487; instructor Professor Eugenio Menegon) visited the Yin Yu Tang Chinese traditional house at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem (http://www.pem.org/sites/yinyutang/). The trip was an occasion to discuss the topic of family structure and gender relations in late imperial China. […]
Tonight: Prof. Schulman Participates in Gitner Lecture on the 2016 Presidential Election
As featured in today’s edition of BU Today, BU History Professor Bruce Schulman will be participating in a special Gitner Family Lecture panel on the 2016 presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Also offering their commentary will be Professor of Political Science Neta Crawford and Assistant Professor of Political Science Katherine Levine Einstein, […]
Prof. Siegel Publishes Article with WION for World Food Day
On October 16th, 2016, Assistant Professor Benjamin Siegel published an editorial with World is One News. The article, titled “World Food Day and hunger: Are Solutions hiding in plain sight?” can be read on wionews.com.