Spring Lectures and Summer Plans from Prof. Menegon
Facets of Religious and Cultural History in Early Modern China: Lectures by Professor Eugenio Menegon, Spring and Summer 2019 Spring 2019 Professor Eugenio Menegon (Chinese and World History) gave three public lectures during the past 2019 spring semester. During the BU spring break, on March 13, 2019, he offered at the University of California at […]
Recent Publications on China and the West by Prof. Menegon
In the past academic year, Professor Eugenio Menegon (Chinese and World History) concluded several publication projects. In December 2018, the prestigious national publishing house in Beijing, Shangwu yinshuguan 商务印书馆 (Commercial Press), issued the second volume of the Chinese translation of the Italian works by the famous Jesuit missionary in China, Matteo Ricci (Letters – Li […]
Prof. Alexis Peri and PhD Student Rachel Wilson Receive 2019 Gitner Teaching Awards
Each year the Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Undergraduate Teaching Prizes in History go to one faculty member and one teaching fellow. The History Department wishes to congratulate the 2019 recipients of these department prizes: Associate Professor Alexis Peri and PhD candidate Rachel Wilson!
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka Selected for BUCH Internship at Boston Public Library
BU History PhD candidate Tom Sojka was selected as one of the recipients of the Boston University Summer PhD Internships in the Humanities (co-sponsored by the Office of the Associate Provost of Graduate Affairs and the BU Center for the Humanities). As part of the internship at the Boston Public Library, Tom will curate an […]
Two History Faculty Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Two BU History faculty, Professor Alexis Peri and Professor Simon Rabinovitch, were promoted from Assistant Professor to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. The Provost’s announcement of the year’s promotions is available to read at the Office of the Provost’s website.
Prof. Chernock Writes Article on Queen Victoria for WBUR
Professor Arianne Chernock recently published an article in WBUR’s Cognoscenti section. The article, titled “Happy 200th Birthday To Queen Victoria, The Anti-Feminism Feminist,” is available to read on WBUR’s website here.
Prof. Payaslian Publishes Introduction in Armenia: Travels and Studies in the Shadow of Ararat
Professor Simon Payaslian wrote the introduction for Armenia: Travels and Studies in the Shadow of Ararat by H.F.B. Lynch, one of the classics in modern Armenian history, which was recently republished by I.B.Tauris/Bloomsbury Publishing in May 2019.
History Students Win Several 2019 BUCH Awards
At the 2019 BU Center for the Humanities Award Ceremony on May 14th, 2019, BU History students picked up several awards. Three of the department’s PhD candidates were award recipients: Patrick Browne, who won a Clarimond Mansfield Award, Cari Babitzke, who won a Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize, and Andrew Bell, who won […]
BU PhD Matt Pressman Publishes Article in The Atlantic, Wins Book Award
BU History PhD and Assistant Professor of Journalism at Seton Hall University Matt Pressman published an article on the New York Daily News in The Atlantic titled “America’s Biggest Newspaper 70 Years Ago Sounded a Lot Like Trump Today.” The article is available to read at The Atlantic’s website. Pressman is also this year’s recipient of the […]
Prof. Payaslian Writes Article on Modern Armenia for Oxford Research Encyclopedia
Professor Simon Payaslian has contributed an article entitled “Modern Armenia” to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History, published by Oxford University Press.