Prof David Mayers Publishes New Book
Professor David Mayers recently published a new book, Seekers and Partisans: Americans Abroad in the Crisis Years, 1935-1941. This book recounts the tales of individual Americans, some well-known and some not, who strove to understand their nation and its place in the world in the roiled years 1935–41. David Mayers identifies these individuals as ‘seekers’ and […]
PhD Student Omotolani Onike Participates in Roundtable
PhD student Omotolani Onike participated in a roundtable at the African Studies Association in Atlanta, Georgia in November 2025. He spoke alongside Professors Nancy Jacobs from Brown University, Tasha Rijke-Epstein from Vanderbilt University, and Admire Mseba from the University of Southern California. The title of the round table was “Cross the Species Boundary: What Animal […]
Prof Sarah Phillips Publishes New Article
Professor Sarah Phillips has just published a new article, “Indian Landlords and Socialist Votes,” in Agricultural History. Given as a presidential address last year, it’s part of her current book project on the intersection of leftist politics and Indigenous dispossession.
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).