Remembering Professor Stephen Lyne
Professor Stephen Lyne passed away on June 27th, 2024. A professor of International Relations and History, Lyne was active within the History Department. Professor Lyne had a distinguished career as a Foreign Service Officer, serving in Indochina multiple times during the Vietnam War, as well as Algeria, Australia, and Gabon. He was Deputy Chief of […]
Prof Brooke Durham Featured in Global Security Initiative (GSI) Event
Global Security in an Interconnected World From climate change and nuclear weapons to migration and global health, today’s global security challenges stretch across borders — and academic silos. This Research on Tap event brings together scholars from across the BU community to engage in an important and timely conversation about the future of global security. […]
History Department Co-Sponsors Events with Pardee School’s Global Security Initiative (GSI)
The History Department and the Pardee School of Global Studies are co-sponsoring two events this fall through a new Global Security Initiative (GSI). This initiative brings together students and faculty from BU and beyond to consider the past and present of global security. On October 21, from 12:30 to 2pm, Gretchen Heefner (Northeastern University) will […]
Prof Johnson Featured in BU Today Article
Professor and former Department Chair James Johnson received a Fulbright Travel award. Click here to read more about the award and his plans for research!
Prof. Simon Payaslian Publishes Updated Article
Professor Simon Payaslian published the updated version of his article entitled “Twentieth Century Genocides” in Oxford Bibliographies (International Relations), www.oxfordbibliographies.com.
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 […]