History Department Co-Sponsors Upcoming Event with Pardee School of Global Studies
On Tuesday, February 3, Elena Kempf (MIT) will give a talk on “New Weapons, Old Debates: A History of Weapons Prohibitions in International Law, 1868-Present.” This event, which is co-sponsored by the History Department and the Pardee School, will be held from 12:30 to 2pm at 121 Bay State Road. Please register at this link.
History Senior, Oliver Zinn, Publishes Op-Ed in The Forward
History major Oliver Zinn (CAS ’26) recently published an op-ed in The Forward. Click here to read the article.
Prof Jonathan Zatlin Co-Edits New Volume on East German History
Professor Jonathan Zatlin recently co-edited a new volume on East German history. The volume can be accessed through Project MUSE.
PhD Student Dominic Howell Publishes Op-Ed in Time Magazine
PhD student Dominic Howell published an op-ed in Time magazine’s “Made by History.” The op-ed covers the political history of country music. Check it out here.
Prof Eugenio Menegon Presents Twice in Italy
November 25, 2025: Symposium and unveiling of statue of Giulio Aleni, Jesuit missionary in China, Brescia Italy. On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Jesuit Giulio Aleni’s arrival in Fujian province (South China), the University of Brescia and the Fondazione della Civiltà Bresciana’s Centro Giulio Aleni organized the symposium “Giulio Aleni, a cultural […]
BU History Represents at the North American Conference on British Studies
Professors Arianne Chernock and Kathryn LaMontagne recently attended the North American Conference on British Studies in Montreal. The photo on the left shows the many past and present BU graduate students who presented at the conference. The photo on the right is of Zoe Neubauer, who was an undergraduate honors student and recipient of the […]
Undergraduate History Student Adriana Hazlett (’28) Presents at NEHA
Adriana Hazlett (CAS ’28) delivered her paper, “Sunday’s Women: Understanding the Influence of British Imperialism on Catholic Women Through Derry, 1972” at the November 7-8, 2025: 60th Anniversary meeting of the New England Historical Association (NEHA) at Nichols College in Dudley, MA. She is a student of Professor Kathryn LaMontagne (see pictured below).
Prof Bruce Schulman Featured on “The Last Best Hope” Podcast
On The Last Best Hope podcast, Professor Bruce Schulman discusses the legacies of the Biden presidency with White House reporter Franklin Foer and host Adam Smith. You can find it here (or if you prefer Spotify, here).
Two History Alumna Publish New Books
Dane Cash (GRS ’12) and Katherine Hollander (GRS ’15) both published new books, available respectively for purchase and for pre-order. Cash’s publication is titled The Forgotten Debate: The Korean War and the Roots of America’s Ideological Divisions and Hollander’s is titled Artistic Collaboration, Exile, and Brecht: A New Intellectual History 1900-1950. Check them out today!
Prof. Bruce Schulman Publishes New Piece in “Made by History”
What’s the matter with Congress? Given the legislative branch’s seeming disappearance amid a government shutdown and a wave of other crises, Professor Bruce Schulman explores that question in his latest op-ed for Time magazine. You can find the article here.