History Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 25: Chepchirchir Tirop
The History Department is pleased to welcome Chepchirchir Tirop, who will be joining our faculty as an Assistant Professor starting in Fall 2025! Chepchirchir Tirop is an historian of Africa interested in the social and cultural histories of East Africa. Her previous research focused on the Indian diaspora in Kenya, examining how memory, identity, and […]
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 […]
PhD Candidate Meredith Barber Named a 2025 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Dissertation Fellow
The History Department is pleased to announce that PhD Candidate Meredith Barber has been named a 2025 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Dissertation Fellow. This year, the selection committee, comprised of leading scholars in education research, selected 35 fellows from an extremely competitive pool of over 400 scholars. The National Academy of Education, an honorary […]
Henry Tonks Named a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for the Study of American Democracy at Kenyon College
Henry Tonks will be starting this Fall as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for the Study of American Democracy at Kenyon College in Ohio. While there, he’ll also be affiliated with the History Department. Please join the department in congratulating Henry on this great accomplishment! You can click here to learn more about the […]
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 […]