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Professor Diana Wylie named 2013-14 Senior Fulbright Research Scholar

Diana Wylie  will spend next academic year as a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar in Morocco.  Since 2010 she has visited the neighboring country of Algeria four times primarily to research the work of a historic preservation movement in the city of Oran.  In October 2012 she published an article on this movement in Change over […]

Professor Tom Glick Retires After Four Decades at BU

Professor Thomas Glick will retire on June 30, 2013  after more than four decades at BU.  A prodigious scholar (the author, co-author and editor of 30 books and hundreds of scholarly articles), who has won every award the discipline offers (including Guggenheim, NEH, National Science Foundation, and Fulbright fellowships), Tom Glick is distinguished not only by […]

Professor Anna Geifman Retires

Professor Anna Geifman has retired after 23 years on the BU faculty.  Born in the Soviet Union, Anna Geifman emigrated to the United States as a child and, except for a stint as a Ph.D. student at Harvard, has spent her entire adult life at BU.  She took her B.A. in 1984, joined the faculty […]

Professor Schulman Wins Inaugural Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education

At the CAS Faculty Meeting on May 15, 2013, Professor Bruce Schulman received the inaugural Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education.  The award recognizes a member of the CAS faculty whose commitment to excellence in graduate teaching, mentoring, and/or curriculum development has contributed significantly to the quality of education in the Graduate School of […]

History 200 Book Prizes Awarded

On May 7, 2013, Hi 200 Professors Arianne Chernock and Diana Wylie (who taught with a jointly developed syllabus) awarded book prizes for outstanding final projects in their sections at a gala ceremony in Room 304. The first recipient, Joseph Beebe, won for “Pinpointing the Success of Theodore Roosevelt, the Candidate.” In this remarkable research guide, […]

Professor David Fromkin to Retire

David Fromkin, Professor of International Relations and History, will retire from Boston University, effective June 30, 2014 and that he will spend AY 2013-14 on terminal sabbatical.  Please join us in wishing Professor Fromkin a pleasant and productive retirement.