Schulman Edits New Book–Making the American Century
Oxford University press has just published Making the American Century, a collection of essays on the political culture of 20th Century America, edited by Professor Bruce Schulman. “Are the American people a nation,” Senator Albert Beveridge asked in 1898, or are they “an aggregation of localities?” Beveridge had little doubt that the new century would […]
Professor Chernock to speak at: “Britain in the 1920s: An Evening Inspired by Downton Abbey,” on February 27.
BU Professor Arianne Chernock will be conducting a talk, entitled “The Bright Young People in 1920s Britain.” This will be part of a Downton Abbey inspired event being hosted by WGBH Boston on Thursday, February 27 from 6-9pm. For more information or to purchase tickets, please click here.
Katherine Jewell Launches Crowdsourced History Project, “Mapping the Boston Marathon 2013”
In the words of Kate Jewell, BU PhD recipient and faculty at Fitchburg State: “I started the Crowdsourced History project as a way to process what I experienced at the marathon bombing, when my son and I were 200 feet from the second bomb (on the same side of Boylston St.) From this personal motivation, […]
Professor Schulman visits High School AP History Classes in Oakland, CA
Last week, BU Professor Bruce Schulman made a special visit to the Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, California. Professor Schulman, currently on a year-long fellowship at Stanford University, met with the students in Patti Harjehausen’s AP history classes to discuss the Progressive Era, and used primary sources to demonstrate how historians work.
Professor Blower publishes article in the American Historical Review
BU Professor Brooke Blower’s article, “New York City’s Spanish Shipping Agents and the Practice of State Power in the Atlantic Borderlands of World War II,” was published in the February 2014 edition of the American Historical Review. For a link to the article and abstract, please click here.
History graduate featured in Research at Boston University Magazine
Recent History graduate, Hannah Walters (’13) was highlighted in an article appearing in Research at Boston University Magazine, written by Susan Seligson. A Q&A piece, the article discusses Walters’ investigation into the life and times of artist and filmmaker, Sergei Parajanov. Walters’ work will soon be appearing as a chapter titled “Cultural Autonomy and Political […]
Grads with a Liberal Arts Degree Win Out in the Long-run.
In Allie Grasgreen’s January 22 article, “Liberal Arts Grads Win Long-term,” appearing in Inside Higher Ed, she combats the notion that those majoring in the humanities are doomed to unemployment. Grasgreen’s article cites the results of a study conducted by the AAC&U and the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, examining long-term career path and […]
Professor Menegon Presents Paper at “Leisure and Social Change Across Asia” Conference, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Professor Eugenio Menegon presented a paper together with other five BU faculty at the final BU-Heidelberg conference of the “Leisure and Social Change Across Asia” project that he helped start in 2010. Two previous conferences were held at BU in 2010 and 2012, and this last meeting took place at the “Cluster of Excellence Europe […]
Professor Brooke Blower’s American Pop Culture Class Explores Dating and Mating from the Victorian Era to the Present
Since 2006, Boston University History Professor, Brooke Blower, has been teaching American Pop Culture, a class surveying changes in cultural assumptions from the Victorian Era to the present. The course examines many different topics related to everyday life, including: mating, homes, work and gender. In Rich Barlow’s recent BU Today article, “Pop Culture Class Explores Changes in […]
Graduate Student Christine Axen Awarded 2014 Shotwell Fellowship
Graduate student Christine Axen has been awarded the 2014 Shotwell Fellowship, for her dissertation “Episcopal Avignon: A Sacral Landscape in the Thirteenth-Century Midi,” which explores the formative role of medieval bishops in shaping their urban communities in thirteenth century Avignon, France. Please join us in congratulating Christine on this wonderful achievement!