Prof. McCann Interviewed for Article on The Guardian
Professor James McCann is interviewed for an article in The Guardian on agriculture’s impact on malaria. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development-professionals-network/2013/jun/19/malaria-agriculture-irrigation-africa
Opinion Piece by Prof. Arianne Chernock
Prof. Chernock’s article “‘Little grape’ and the ‘right to reign.'” Click here for full article.
Schulman Takes to the Airwaves and Internet on Political Scandals and Lingering Effects of Economic Downturn
On June 18, Reuters published Professor Bruce Schulman’s op-ed , “Wiener: As American as Political Redemption,” an attempt to place the recent political comebacks of disgraced politicians like Mark Sanford and Anthony Wiener in historical perspective. To access the piece, click http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/06/17/weiner-as-american-as-political-redemption/ Schulman also appeared on WBUR, as part of a June 14, 2013 report on […]
Department Co-Sponsors 8th Annual International Conference in American Political History
At lunch on Saturday, Sean Wilentz, the Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor of History at Princeton, led conference-goers on a walking tour of Princeton’s cemetery. The graveyard contains the remains of Grover Cleveland, Aaron Burr, Jonathan Edwards, and George Kennan, among other luminaries. Pictured here graduate students Daniel Burge, Matt Pressman, and Dave Shorten. The […]
History Department Wins Mellon Foundation Grant for Sawyer Seminar on “Reinterpreting Twentieth Century”
Led by Professors Brooke Blower, Jonathan Zatlin, Andrew Bacevich, and Bruce Schulman, the History Department has won a prestigious grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a John E. Sawyer Seminar during academic year 2014-15. The grant will support a year-long program, “Reinterpreting the Twentieth Century,” that will convene a series of eight […]
China and Europe in the Early Modern Period: Summer News from Professor Menegon
University of Bern – Bern, Switzerland At the invitation of Professor Christian Windler, Director of the Section on Early Modern History at the Historical Institute of the University of Bern (Switzerland), Professor Eugenio Menegon presented to doctoral students and faculty his recent research on the daily life and political networking of the Europeans in late […]
Professor Andrew Bacevich Appears on The Colbert Report
Professor Andrew Bacevich appeared on The Colbert Report on May 23 to discuss the revision of the Authorization to Use Military Force. The clip can be seen below:
First Class of Honors Program Celebrates a Sucessful Year
Prize Winners Klepper and Gillies Reflect On Their Experiences As History Majors
At the History Department Commencement Convocation, at the Law School Auditorium on May 18, 2013, graduating seniors Rachel Klepper, winner of the Warren Ault Prize, and Connor Gillies, winner of the College Prize for Excellence in History, spoke about their experiences as Bu undergraduates. Rachel Klepper’s Remarks
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 […]