Associate Professor Arianne Chernock writes piece in WBUR on Princess Diana
Associate Professor Arianne Chernock – who teaches BU History courses on modern Britain, gender and the monarchy – just wrote this piece in WBUR: Why can’t we seem to get enough of Princess Diana? Read the article here
Prof. Eugenio Menegon Awarded Digital Humanities Advancement Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The BU Center for Global Christianity and Mission, in collaboration with the History Department (Prof. Eugenio Menegon, co-investigator), was recently awarded a Digital Humanities Advancement grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for their project titled “China Historical Christian Database: Mapping the Spatial and Social Networks of Christianity in China, 1550-1950.” The peer-reviewed grant is one of […]
Prof. Ibram X. Kendi Awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, has been awarded the 2021 MacArthur Fellowship, also informally known as the ‘Genius Grant,’ along with twenty-four others. The fellowship entails not only prestige but $625,500, awarded in installments over five years, to be used to the discretion of the fellow. The fellowship […]
Podcast Interviews Professor Schulman About “The Decade”
JHU Press Podcaster Mary Alice Yeskey interviews Professor Bruce Schulman about the decade as marker of historical time. How and why did 20th Century Americans reckon time in decades and will they continue to do so? You can listen here.
PhD Candidate Joshua Castillo Featured in Interview on Congolese National Languages
PhD Candidate Joshua Castillo was featured in an RTNC (Radio Télévision Nationale Congolaise) Interview regarding learning the four Congolese national languages: Ciluba, Swahili, Lingala, and Kikongo, and his research in the Congo.
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka Publishes Piece in LARB’s PubLab on The Pursuit of Love
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka has published an essay on the most recent adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love in PubLab (a channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books). Tom’s piece can be found here and The Pursuit of Love is streaming now on Amazon Prime.
PhD Candidate Chenguang Zhu Receives Travel Grant from NACBS
PhD candidate Chenguang Zhu was selected as one of two runner-ups for the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS) 2021 Dissertation Fellowship for his project “The Silent Delegates in a Foreign Capital: Chinese Objects, Civilizational Hierarchy, and Cultural Diplomacy in the International Exhibitions and Museums in London, 1851-1912.” Zhu will use the travel grant […]
PhD Candidate Elizabeth Hameeteman Receives 2021 BU Women’s Guild Award
PhD candidate Elizabeth Hameeteman is a 2021 recipient of the BU Women’s Guild Award. The awards “provide both aid and encouragement to individuals aged 30 and over who are enrolled in University graduate programs, with preference to women.”
Charles Capper, Professor Emeritus Passes Away
The Department is saddened to share the news that Professor Emeritus, Charles “Charlie” Capper passed away on July 1, 2021. Professor Capper was a beloved member of the History Department at Boston University since 2001, and he retired in 2021. A tribute to commemorate his retirement can be found here. An obituary written by David Hollinger, […]
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka to Participate in the LARB Publishing Workshop
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka will spend 5 weeks as a Los Angeles Review of Books Publishing Workshop fellow this summer, where he will network with industry professionals, assist in the production of PubLab (the official journal of the LARB Publishing Workshop and a LARBchannel), and develop skills in both book and magazine production. His participation […]