Upcoming Asian/European Studies Event
Landmark Series: Machiavelli “The Prince” Event a Sucess
Watch the lecture below: Watch this video on YouTube
History Department Cosponsor’s BUAG ‘Teaching the Body’ Exhibition
Teaching the Body: Artistic Anatomy in the American Academy from Copley, Rimmer, and Eakins to Contemporary Artists BUAG Exhibition explores the intersection between art and medicine — January 31 – March 31, 2013 Boston, MA – Boston University Art Gallery at the Stone Gallery (BUAG) is proud to present Teaching the Body: Artistic Anatomy in […]
Professor Schmidt Launches “Persistent Enlightenment” Blog
Professor James Schmidt recently launched Persistent Enlightenment (http://persistentenlightenment.wordpress.com) a blog on the Enlightenment “as historical period and continuing project.” Initial posts have explored the discussion of Diderot in the New York Times, the revised definition of “Enlightenment” in the Oxford English Dictionary, and the implications of Google’s nGram search for work on the history of concepts.
VIDEO: Americans in Paris in the 1920s with Brooke Blower
Brooke Blower, Professor of History at BU’s College of Arts & Sciences, discusses her recent book about Americans in Paris in the 1920s, titled Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture between the World Wars. In the book, she challenges Americans’ notion of ourselves as “innocents abroad” and describes a much more nuanced reality. […]
Machiavelli’s The Prince After 500 Years
Prof. Arianne Chernock on CNN
Prof. Arianne Chernock has a piece published on cnn.com. You can view the full article here
Johnson Promoted to Rank of Full Professor
President Brown has approved Jim Johnson’s promotion to the rank of Professor effective at the beginning of the next academic year, September 1, 2013.
Phillips’ Article Appears in Massachusetts Historical Review
Professor Sarah Phillips’ review essay, “Histories of Place: Environmental and Landscape Histories of the Northeast” appears in the current issue of the Massachusetts Historical Review. In this wide ranging article, Phillips assesses several recent studies in environmental history.
Schulman Publishes Op-Ed on Rival Claims to Electoral “Mandates”
Reuters recently published Professor Bruce Schulman’s op-ed, an analysis of the rival claims of different parties to a mandate in the wake of the 2012 election. In particular, he finds some strange, and strangely suggestive antecedents for the claims to a separate mandate by Speaker John Boehner and the House Republicans. For more, visit http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/01/16/boehner-resurrects-the-antebellum-south/