Henry Tonks Publishes New Research Article Online

Henry Tonks’s research article, “‘Downtown Lowell is a Fun Place to Be’: Postindustrial Regeneration and the Making of the ‘New Liberals,’ 1974-1992,” was recently published online by Cambridge University Press. You can click here to access and read the article.  

Max Podolsky (’26) Publishes Essay in Boston College’s History Journal

Rising senior Max Podolsky submitted an essay on organized crime in the Fulton Fish Market to Boston College’s history journal and it was selected to be featured in the journal’s newest edition. This essay was originally written for HI568: The Modern Metropolis: Approaches to Urban History, taught by Professor Brooke Blower. You can click here […]

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 […]

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 […]