BU History PhD Beth Forrest Elected President of the Association for the Study of Food and Society
This past fall, BU History PhD Beth Forrest was elected president of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, the largest and oldest organization of food studies scholars in the US. Forrest is currently a Professor of Liberal Arts at the Culinary Institute of America.
BU History Student Anna Stroinski Interviewed on CNN
BU History student and President of the BU College Democrats Anna Stroinski was one of several members of the College Democrats interviewed by CNN for a segment on Erin Burnett Out Front on the role of the youth vote in the Democratic primary race for the presidency in 2020. The segment is available to stream […]
Prof. McCann Gives Keynote Address of Conference at University of Groningen
Prof. James McCann gave a Keynote address: “Biadi Minuti: The Fate of Ethiopia’s Small Millets in the Era Maize” at the International Workshop: Contested Millets in Africa and Asia: Past and Present at the University of Groningen, Netherlands on March 28th, 2019. The workshop was sponsored by the University of Groningen, Frobenius Institut (Frankfurt) and Goethe University.
Prof. Silber Interviewed by BU Today on the Prospect of “Another Civil War”
Professor Nina Silber provided answers to a question posed by BU Today on “the possibility of another civil war.” The interview, titled “BU Historian Answers: Are We Headed for Another Civil War?,” is available to read online at BU Today.
History Graduate Noe Hinck Publishes Article in Columbia Journal of History
BU History graduate Noe Hinck (CAS ’18), now pursuing a Ph.M. in European Politics at the University of Oxford, recently published an article in Columbia University’s undergraduate research journal The Columbia Journal of History. The paper, titled “Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee: The Parade that Restored the British Monarchy,” was originally written for Professor Brooke Blower’s honors […]
Prof. Charlie Capper Honored at AHA Meeting
A two-session roundtable on “Intellectual History in an Anti-intellectual Age” was held in honor of Charles Capper at the American Historical Association’s Annual Meeting in Chicago over January 3-6, 2019. The honor was bestowed for Capper’s cofounding and subsequently coediting for fifteen years Modern Intellectual History and was occasioned by his recently stepping down as […]
PhD Candidate Cari Babitzke Awarded Research Grant by Dirksen Congressional Center
BU History PhD candidate Cari Babitzke was one of a handful of recipients of the Dirksen Congressional Center’s 2019 Congressional Research Grants for her project titled Man, Myth, Machine: The Politics of Gun Control in the Twentieth Century US.
Prof. Emerita Barbara Diefendorf Publishes New Book with Oxford UP
Professor Emerita of History Barbara Diefendorf recently published her latest book with Oxford University Press, titled Planting the Cross: Catholic Reform and Renewal in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth Century France. The first thing that Catholic religious orders did when they arrived in a town to establish a new community was to plant the cross—to erect a large […]
HGSO Hosts Coffee Chat Series with Prof. Anderson, Organizes New Writing Workshops
Towards the end of last semester, the HSGO organized another installment of the Coffee Chat Series, this time with Professor Betty Anderson, as well as more Shakespeare Nights led by Charley Binkow. Moreover, Rachel Wilson presented her work during our good ol’ Writing Workshop after Seth Anderson and Tom Sojka already had done so. One […]
BU PhD Matt Pressman Wins PROSE Award from AAP
BU PhD and Assistant Professor of Journalism Matt Pressman was awarded a PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers. Pressman’s book On Press: The Liberal Values That Shaped the News won the award in the Media and Cultural Studies category.