Henry Tonks Publishes New Review Essay in Cleveland Review of Books
Henry Tonks, who recently successfully defended his dissertation, published a new review essay in the Cleveland Review of Books, titled “Thinking like a Technocrat: On Brent Cebul and Lily Geismer’s ‘Mastery and Drift.’” You can click here to read the essay.
PhD Candidate Warren Dennis Named as 2025 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future recently announced its 2025 Graduate Summer Fellows. History PhD Candidate, Warren Dennis, is one of eight outstanding Boston University graduate students representing seven different academic departments. Starting May 27, the Graduate Summer Fellows will spend 10 weeks writing research papers while participating in […]
Tom Sojka (GRS ’24) Accepts New Position
The History Department is pleased to report that History Department alumnus Dr. Thomas J. Sojka (GRS ’24) has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of History at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT. Previously, he was a Lecturer in History at Southern New Hampshire University. While at SNHU, Tom also published pieces in […]
History of Boston Class, Taught by Prof. Bruce Schulman, Featured in BU Today
BU Today recently highlighted the exciting final projects of students in HI190: History of Boston. This final event took place at the historic Club Passim in Cambridge; click here to learn more.
Five History Students Honored with Center for Humanities Awards
The Boston University Center for Humanities recently recognized five history students with differing awards. The undergraduates honored are as follows: The John Oddy Memorial Award Caroline Foley, Classical Studies & History The Robert E. Yellin Award Kal Hawley, History Simone Redensky, History The graduate students honored are as follows: The Helen G. Allen Humanities Award […]
Giovanna Rudis (’25) Wins the Gregory Hudson Award for Writing Excellence in the Humanities
Senior Giovanna Rudis has been selected to receive the Gregory Hudson Award for Writing Excellence in the Humanities, sponsored by the Alumni Awards for Writing Excellence. Recipients of the Alumni Awards for Writing Excellence will also be recognized at this year’s CAS Awards and Recognition Ceremony on Friday, May 16 from 2-3:30 p.m. in the […]
Prof Chad Williams Elected to the Society of American Historians
Please join the department in congratulating Professor Chad Williams, Tomorrow Foundation Chair of American Intellectual History, in his election to the Society of American Historians (SAH). Members of the Society are elected “based on achievement in the vivid and compelling presentation of history and biography in a variety of forms, including books, essays, film, drama, […]
Prof Bruce Schulman Named a Guggenheim Fellow for 2025, Inducted into the 100th Class
William E. Huntington Professor of History Bruce Schulman was recently named a Guggenheim Fellow, inducted into the 100th class. Professor Schulman plans to use the award’s funding to contribute to the multivolume Oxford History of the United States. You can click here to read more about his project. Please join the History Department in congratulating Professor […]
Joseph Boskin, Professor Emeritus, Passes Away
The Department is saddened to share the news that Professor Emeritus, Joseph Boskin, passed away on February 16, 2025. Professor Boskin was Professor of History through the 2000-01 academic year and he continued to teach in Boston University’s Metropolitan College afterwards. Professor Boskin was the subject of a recent story in The New York Times, detailing […]
BU Ph.D. Alum Kathryn Brownell Wins an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
Kathryn (Katie) Brownell, an alum of the History Department’s Ph.D. program and current associate professor of history at Purdue University, won a prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. Please join the department in congratulating her on this incredible achievement!