Prof. Richardson Publishes Article in Epoché Magazine
Professor Ron Richardson published an article in the most recent issue of Epoché, a monthly online philosophy magazine. The article, titled “The Agency of Objects,” is available to read at Epoché‘s website here.
Prof. Schulman Publishes Article on Constitutional Reforms in Washington Post
Professor Bruce Schulman has just published a new article as part of The Washington Post’s “Made by History” series. The piece, titled “Court packing – and other radical consitutional reforms – might save America,” is available to read in The Washington Post’s website.
Prof. Shorten Interviewed on Vice Presidential Debate for BU Today
Professor Dave Shorten was one of three BU faculty interviewed by BU Today for a feature on last night’s vice presidential debate between Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence. The article, titled “BU Experts Weigh In on Wednesday’s Historic Vice Presidential Debate,” is available to read on BU Today’s website.
Prof. Payaslian Organizes Panel at American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Professor Simon Payaslian organized and chaired a panel entitled “State and Diaspora Policies on Ethnicity and Political Engagement,” at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association on September 13, 2020. The panelists were Professor Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College; Professor Harris Mylonas, George Washington University; Charles Taber, Ph.D. candidate, Indiana University; Professor Nadejda Marinova, […]
Prof. Kendi Named One of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
Ibram X. Kendi, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Director of the Center for Antiracist Research, and Professor of History, was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. As Al Sharpton writes in his profile of Kendi for the 2020 Time100 list, “He provides concrete and actionable steps and recommendations […]
BU History PhD Andrew David Interviewed in BU Today
BU History PhD and former Lecturer in the department Andrew David was interviewed in BU Today for a piece titled “The Trump Tapes vs the Nixon Tapes.” The article, which is part of BU Today’s 2020 election coverage, is available to read at their website.
Prof. Payaslian Publishes Article on Armenian Poet Daniel Varoujan
Professor Simon Payaslian published an article entitled “Daniel Varoujan à l’Université de Gand (1905-1909),” in Revue belge de Philologie et d’Histoire / Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Filologie en Geschiedenis (97, 2019), pp. 841-872. The article appears in a special issue entitled Daniel Varoujan: Un poète arménien à Gand – cent ans après, edited by Professor Peter Van […]
Prof. Zatlin Co-edits New Book on Nazi Germany
Professor Jonathan Zatlin just published a new book on University of Michigan Press titled Dispossession: Plundering German Jewry, 1933-1953. Professor Zatlin was co-editor along with Christoph Kreutzmüller, a Senior Historian of the House of the Wannsee-Conference, Berlin. This collection of essays by a range of international, multidisciplinary scholars explores the financial history, social significance, and cultural […]
Professor Blower Receives Public Scholars Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities
Professor Brooke Blower is a recipient of the Public Scholars grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her project “American World Wars: Intimate Histories from the Crash of the Yankee Clipper.” The Public Scholars program supports the creation of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public. Professor Blower’s project […]
Prof. Austin Writes POV Article for BU Today
Professor Paula Austin has written an article for BU Today titled “POV: Trump’s Call for a National Garden of American Heroes Misses the Point.” The article is available to read on BU Today’s website here.