Faculty in the Media: Professor Keylor on WWI and the Middle East
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Professor Bill Keylor was interviewed for radio Pacifica in Washington, D.C. for a segment called “Community Watch and Comment”. During the interview, Professor Keylor discussed World War I and its consequences for the Middle East. Link to Pacifica audio archive: http://www.wpfwfm.org/radio/programming/archived-shows
PhD Graduate Kathryn Brownell Publishes Book on “Showbiz Politics”
Recent PhD graduate and Assistant Professor of History at Purdue University, Kathryn Brownell has had her first book Showbiz Politics: Hollywood in American Life, published by UNC Press. Brownell’s book explores “the negotiations and relationships that developed between key Hollywood insiders and presidential candidates from Dwight Eisenhower to Bill Clinton, analyzing how entertainment replaced party […]
November Issue of the History Department Newsletter Is Now Available!
The November edition of the BU History Department newsletter — The Presence of the Past — has just appeared. You can access the newsletter here: http://bit.ly/1wTsnB9 Or- via the History department website, select “Department Newsletters” from the “News & Events” pull down menu Want More? Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/yLjBug Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/wDHriC Subscribe to our RSS […]
Professor Brooke Blower and Professor Jon Roberts Recipients of Henderson Senior Faculty Fellowship
The History department is pleased to announce: Professor Brooke Blower and Professor Jon Roberts have each been awarded the Henderson Senior Faculty Fellowship from the BU Center for the Humanities. Professor Blower will use her time as Henderson Fellow to pursue research on her current project, “Hidden Fronts: New American Histories of World War II,” […]
History Major Katie Rice (CAS ’15) Named Phi Kappa Beta Initiate
Please join us in congratulating Katie Rice, who will be initiated into The Phi Kappa Beta Society on December 3. Phi Beta Kappa chapters “invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities.” Congratulations, Katie!
Faculty in the Media: Professor Keylor Comments on Current Events
Recently, Professor Bill Keylor has appeared on several media outlets to discuss current events of significance. Below are links to those interviews: RT – the Cold War and recent re-emergence of tensions between the US and Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oIYfrpKnE&feature=youtu.be Arise America – U.S. – Israel relations : http://www.arise.tv/headline/arise-america-30-10-8921 L.A. Times – “Is North Korean leader Kim […]
Professor Nina Silber named 2014 Fortenbaugh Speaker
Professor Nina Silber has been named the 2014 Fortenbaugh Speaker by the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute. The 53rd Annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture will be held on November 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater. This year’s lecture: “Abraham Lincoln and the Political Culture of New Deal America.” The Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture is […]
NEW FACULTY BOOK: *African & American: West Africans in Post-Civil Rights America*
Professor Marilyn Halter’s new book, African & American: West Africans in Post-Civil Rights America was released by NYU Press earlier this year. Coauthored by Professor Violet Showers Johnson (Texas A&M), “African & American tells the story of the much overlooked experience of first and second generation West African immigrants and refugees in the United States […]
NEW FACULTY BOOK: *Jewish Rights, National Rites: Nationalism and Autonomy in Late Imperial and Revolutionary Russia*
Professor Simon Rabinovitch has released his second book, Jewish Rights, National Rites: Nationalism and Autonomy in Late Imperial and Revolutionary Russia. Jewish Rights, National Rites “provides a completely new interpretation of the origins of Jewish nationalism in Russia. It argues that Jewish nationalism, and Jewish politics generally, developed in a changing legal environment where the […]