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History Student Caroline Lord Awarded Boren Scholarship for International Study

History major and former History Department office assistant Caroline Lord has been awarded a David L. Boren Scholarship for International Study. The Boren Scholarship allows US undergraduate students to study less commonly taught languages in the world regions critical to US interests and underrepresented in study abroad programs. To read a feature on Lord, visit […]

Prof. Ferleger and Matthew Lavallee Publish Article on HNN

Department Chair Professor Louis Ferleger and History PhD Candidate Matthew Lavallee recently published an article on the History News Network. The article, titled “What Happened to America’s Good Jobs?,” can be read on HNN here.

Prof. Blower Gives Keynote for Conference at Oxford University

Professor Brooke L. Blower delivered the keynote lecture for a conference on the United States in the World since 1865, held at Oxford University’s Rothermere American Institute April 15-16, 2016.  The title of her talk was “American Overseas Outposts in the Longue Durée.”

Prof. Payaslian Gives Talk at Panel Discussion on Conflict in Nagorno-Karabagh

Professor Payaslian gave a talk on the history of Nagorno-Karabagh as part of a panel discussion on the current conflict in Nagorno-Karabagh. The event was held on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at the Armenian Cultural and Educational Center (ACEC) in Watertown. To read a news report on the panel, please visit The Armenian Weekly.

Sara Georgini Defends Dissertation, Accepts Series Editor Position at Adams Papers

     On Wednesday, April 6, graduate student Sara Georgini successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Household Gods: Creating Adams Family Religion in the American Republic, 1583-1927.” Over the course of the long nineteenth century, American Christianity changed dramatically, leaving lasting imprints on how families lived, worked, played, and prayed. As America’s prolific “first family,” the […]

Prof. Silber Awarded Fellowship at Warren Center for Studies in American History

Congratulations to Professor Nina Silber, who was recently awarded a 2017 Fellowship at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University. The fellowship will allow her to finish working on her forthcoming title on University of North Carolina Press, Fighting the Civil War in New Deal America: How African Americans, Popular […]

Prof. Payaslian Meets Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan

Mr. Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia, recently visited Boston on his way to Washington, DC, for the Nuclear Security Summit. During his visit, President Sargsyan attended a reception and gala event held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The event, also attended by Professor Simon Payaslian, took place on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, […]