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Prof. Menegon in China

Professor Eugenio Menegon has spent part of the fall (September-November) on research sabbatical in China, as a visiting fellow of the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies and its research section on Chinese-Western relations. Besides continuing his archival research on Europeans in Beijing in the 17th-18th centuries (Qing dynasty), he has presented his research at several […]

Prof. Andrew Bacevich Solves the Mystery of Mr. X

Professor Andrew Bacevich’s essay “Solving for X,” reviewing George F. Kennan:  An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis, appeared in the November 14, 2011 issue of The Nation (http://www.thenation.com/article/164184/solving-x-george-f-kennan). In addition Bacevich recently published op-eds in theBoston Globe on the death of Khadafy (http://articles.boston.com/2011-10-21/bostonglobe/30307301_1_drones-tunisia-egyptians) and in the Los Angeles Times on American exceptionalism (http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/16/opinion/la-oe-bacevich-american-exceptionalism-20111016).

Prof. Jim Schmidt Named Bogliasco Fellow at The Liguria Center for The Arts and Humanities

Professor James Schmidt has been selected as a Bogliasco Fellow and will be in residence at the Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities this coming February.  Further information on the Center can be found here:  www.bfny.org. He will use the residency to make the final revisions on a book, tentatively entitled The Question of Enlightenment, […]

Kate Jewell Publishes Article on Rise of Southern Republicans

Kate Jewell (Ph.D. 2010), currently Assistant Professor of History at Fitchburg State University, has just published a new article, “‘Gun Cotton’: Southern Industrialists, International Trade, and the Republican Party in the 1950s,” in Painting Dixie Red, edited by Glenn Feldman (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2011)

New Addition to the History Family

Robyn and Chris Seely are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Clara Emmy Seely. She was born at 1:47 pm on Sunday October 30, 2011. She weighed in at 7 pounds 3 ounces. She was 19 and 3/4 inches long.

Professor Bruce Schulman’s Two New Articles

It’s more than a year before the 2012 election, but the campaign is well underway.  In recent op-ed pieces Professor Bruce Schulman put our dysfunctional primary system in context for Salon and, in Politico, considered the historical appeal of economic panaceas like Herman Cain’s 9/9/9 plan.

Professor Jim Johnson wins the George L. Mosse Award of the American Historical Association

Professor Jim Johnson has won the George L. Mosse Award of the American Historical Association for his 2011 book, Venice Incognito.  The award honors the year’s “outstanding major work of extraordinary scholarly distinction, creativity, and originality in the intellectual and cultural history of Europe since the Renaissance.” For more information and a list of previous winners click […]

BU Study Abroad Launches New London Program in History and Literature

Boston University British Programmes located in South Kensington, London have launched the inaugural semester for students wishing to focus on studying British history while in London. Seven students are participating in the program, not only from BU, but also the College of Wooster in Ohio and Colgate University, New York. The students take two core courses -Research […]

History announces new departmental Honors Program for 2012-13

Beginning in Fall 2012, the History Department will launch a new departmental Honors Program. Senior history majors possessing the requisite grade point level (a minimum of 3.0 in all courses, 3.5 in all history courses) will be able to enroll in History 401/402, a two-semester seminar that will guide students through the research and writing […]