Prof Jonathan Zatlin Featured in “The Washington Post” Article
Professor Jonathan Zatlin was quoted in a recent article in The Washington Post (January 20, 2025) regarding Trump’s claims of a landslide and mandate. Click here to access the article via The Washington Post, and click here for a PDF version.
Prof Bruce Schulman Publishes New Piece in “Made by History”
Tired of all those hot takes drawing dramatic, long-term conclusions from a single election? Reminded of so many other wrong predictions (remember when Obama’s 2008 victory ushered in a new New Deal? Or Biden’s 2020 win signaled the end of Trumpism? Or George W. Bush heralded “compassionate conservatism”). Here’s Prof. Bruce Schulman’s attempt to make some […]
Prof Jonathan Zatlin Interviewed for New BU Today Article
Rich Barlow’s new article in BU Today, titled “Trump Might Govern as an Authoritarian. Is That What His Voters Want?,” features BU History professor Jonathan Zatlin. In the article, scholars Zatlin and Timothy Longman analyze the concerns that Trump will govern less as a democratic leader and more as a strongman in his second term, based on […]
Prof Alexis Peri Featured in “Meet the Fellows” Video from BU Center for the Humanities
Associate Professor of History and Jeffrey Henderson Senior Research Fellow Alexis Peri brings viewers into the world of Soviet beauty pageants, Miss KGB, and global competition. Click here to watch the video!
Rachel Monsey Wins the David Underdown Prize for Best Paper Delivered by a Graduate Student
Ph.D. candidate Rachel Monsey won the David Underdown Prize of the Northeast Conference on British Studies at the NECBS annual conference in September 2024. Her paper, entitled “‘With Souls divided betwixt Joy and Grief’: The Death of Charles II and Addresses of Congratulations and Condolence to James VII/II,” received the prize, recognizing the best paper […]
Henry Tonks Featured in BU Center for the Humanities “Meet the Fellows” Video
PhD candidate in History and current BUCH Graduate Dissertation Fellow Henry Tonks discusses his dissertation on the evolution of the Democratic Party in the late 20th-century in this video, published by the BUCH.
Henry Tonks Publishes New Article in Time Magazine
History PhD Candidate Henry Tonks published a piece in Time’s “Made by History” section titled “The Democratic Party Realignment That Empowered Trump.” You can read the article here.
Prof Schulman Featured in Two Episodes of Podcast “The Last Best Hope?”
Professor Bruce Schulman recently appeared on two episodes of the The Last Best Hope?, the podcast hosted UK historian and broadcaster Adam Smith. As part of the show’s four-part election special, Schulman joined to discuss legacies of two elections, the contests of 1992 and 2008, that helped to shape the contemporary US political landscape. Listen […]
Prof Schulman Publishes New “Made by History” Column in Time Magazine
In his latest piece for Time Magazine’s “Made By History” column, Professor Bruce Schulman explores Donald Trump’s fixation on tariffs and the reasons for the lasting appeal of this idea that experts (and political opponents) flat out hate. He’s happy to report that, even though it took nearly 50 years, he finally made use of all that stuff […]
Henry Tonks Publishes New Piece in Public Seminar
History PhD Candidate Henry Tonks published a review essay in Public Seminar, a journal of ideas, politics, and culture published by the Public Seminar Publishing Initiative at The New School. The essay, entitled “Behind the Balancing Act of Kamala Harris’s Industrial Policy,” takes a look at the complicated history of post-1970s New Liberals. Read his […]