Prof. Mayers Releases New Book, America and the Postwar World

Professor of History and Political Science David Mayers has a new book out this month on Routledge Press titled America and the Postwar World: Remaking International Society, 1945-1956. The main tide of international relations scholarship on the first years after World War II sweeps toward Cold War accounts. These have emphasized the United States and USSR […]

First Issue of Modern American History Now Available

Professors Brooke Blower and Sarah Phillips (BU History Department) are pleased to announce that the first issue of Modern American History (MAH) is now available in print and online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-american-history. As founding executive editors, Blower and Phillips have been working for two years to launch this new journal with Cambridge University Press, which showcases top-quality emerging […]

Prof. Johnson Talks to HGSO for Ongoing Coffee Chat Series

The History Graduate Student Organization continued with its Coffee Chat Series this semester. On February 27, Professor James Johnson spoke to graduate students about his background, past and present research, and ways of thinking about methodology. Essentially, these coffee and pastry-fueled discussions provide the opportunity for professors and graduate students (both History and AMNESP) to get […]

BU PhD Matt Pressman Reflects on His Dissertation Process for the AJHA

BU History PhD Recipient and Assistant Professor of Journalism at Seton Hall University Matthew Pressman wrote a reflection on the process of generating ideas, both for his doctoral dissertation (now under contract with Harvard University Press) and his next scholarly book project. The piece, titled “Blanchard Prize Winner Reflects on Formulating Ideas for His Media […]

BU PhD Zach Fredman Publishes Op-Ed in Washington Post

BU History PhD and US Foreign Policy and International Security Fellow at Dartmouth College Zach Fredman recently published an op-ed in the Washington Post’s “Made by History” series. The article, titled “America’s longtime foreign policy in Asia: booze, prostitutes and bribes,” is available to read online here.

Prof. Nolan Interviewed for BBC Mundo on Trump Military Parade

Associate Professor of Military History Cathal Nolan was interviewed for an article in BBC Mundo on President Trump’s proposed military parade. The article, titled “¿Por qué Estados Unidos no celebra grandes desfiles militares y qué mensaje enviaría al mundo si Donald Trump organiza uno en Washington?,” is available online here.

PhD Candidate Dave Shorten Publishes Article in The Washington Post

BU History PhD candidate Dave Shorten recently published an article in The Washington Post as part of the paper’s “Made by History” series. The article, titled “The century-old roots of Donald Trump’s reality-show presidency,” is available to read online at The Washington Post’s website.

PhD Candidate Agnes Burt Receives GRAF to Conduct Research in the UK

PhD candidate Agnes Burt was awarded a short-term Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship. The short-term GRAF will provide funds for her continued dissertation research in the United Kingdom. Her dissertation examines Britons’ varied responses to the extension of married women’s property rights  under the 1870 and 1882 Married Women’s Property Acts and the ways married women used […]

BU History PhD Anne Blaschke Publishes Article in The Conversation

BU History PhD and Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of the Holy Cross Anne Blaschke wrote a piece for The Conversation titled “Nassar’s abuse reflects more than 50 years of men’s power over female atheletes.” In it, Blaschke argues that lax enforcement of Title IX and the Amateur Sports Act have enabled sexual predators like […]