Professor Andrew Robichaud featured in Boston Globe profile of “Ice King”
Professor Andrew Robichaud was recently featured in a Boston Globe profile of Frederic Tudor, the “Ice King”. Full article available here.
Summer 2018 Issue of History Department’s Newsletter, The Presence of the Past
The Summer 2018 departmental newsletter, The Presence of the Past, is now available to read online here. Click here to browse past issues.
Society for US Intellectual History Publishes Blog Series on Capper’s Co-edited Sourcebook
After the publication of the 7th edition of The American Intellectual Tradition, the two volume sourcebook published by Oxford University Press and co-edited by David Hollinger and BU Professor of History Charles Capper, the Society for United States Intellectual History began publishing a series of blog posts from instructors around the country concerning their ideas and […]
BU History PhD Anne Blaschke Publishes Op-Ed in Washington Post
The Washington Post’s “Made by History” section published an op-ed written by BU History PhD and Visiting Assistant Professor in History at the College of the Holy Cross titled “Why this is the moment for a ‘9 to 5’ sequel.” The article analyzes the historical impact of the original 9 to 5 film starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and […]
PhD Candidate Seth Anderson Publishes Op-Ed in Washington Post
BU History PhD candidate Seth Anderson published a new op-ed in The Washington Post’s “Made by History” section. The article, titled “Why we still haven’t banished conversion therapy in 2018,” is up on the Post’s website here.
Prof. Menegon Is Co-investigator in Digital Humanities Project at BU’s Hariri Institute
In early June, Professor Eugenio Menegon (Chinese History), together with co-investigator Prof. Daryl Ireland (Associate Director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission & Research Assistant Professor of Mission, BU’s School of Theology) received the exciting news that a Digital Humanities Project they are jointly sponsoring was awarded a seed grant for Summer 2018 […]
Modern American History’s Second Issue Out Now!
The second issue of Modern American History, the new journal from Cambridge University Press, co-edited by BU History Professors Brooke Blower and Sarah Phillips, is available now on the Cambridge University Press website.
BU PhD Aaron Hiltner Wins Honorable Mention in Society for Military History First-Manuscript Prize
Aaron Hiltner, a BU History PhD and now a Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, received an Honorable Mention for his dissertation, “Friendly Invasions: Civilians and Servicemen on the World War II American Home Front,” in the Society for Military History’s Edward M. Coffman First-Manuscript Prize.
Prof. Blower Delivers Plenary at Annual HOTCUS Conference in Cambridge, UK
Professor Brooke Blower was the keynote speaker at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Historians of the Twentieth Century United States, hosted at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK from June 13th to 15th. Professor Blower delivered her paper, “Moonlight and Magnesium Bombs: White Southern Reckonings with Race, Democracy, and Empire during World War […]
Prof. Rabinovitch Publishes Essay in Aeon Magazine
Today Aeon Magazine published an essay by Assistant Professor Simon Rabinovitch. The essay, titled “Reciprocity, not tolerance, is the basis of healthy societies,” is available to read online.