BU PhD Matt Pressman Publishes Article Analyzing Proposed AT&T-Time Warner Merger
Recent BU History Ph.D. Matt Pressman, now Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University, recently published an article in The Washington Post that uncovers the historical background underlying the proposed mega-merger of media conglomerates AT&T and Time Warner. The article, titled “The Justice Department’s move to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger sweeps aside centuries of government policy,” was published […]
Prof. Nolan Interviewed on New Book for BU’s Arts & Sciences Magazine
Associate Professor of History Cathal Nolan gave interview for the Fall 2017 issue of the College of Arts and Science’s magazine on his new book, The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost. The article can be found online here.
Prof. Blower Gives Keynote Lecture for Conference at Utrecht University
Professor Brooke Blower delivered the keynote lecture, “Race, Democracy, and Empire: Americans in Europe and Its Colonies during World War II,” at the conference, Perceptions of the Transatlantic Other, 1900-2000, at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, on November 8, 2017.
HGSO Kicks Off Coffee Chat Series with Talk by Prof. Ashley Farmer
The History Graduate Student Organization initiated its Coffee Chat Series this fall! These are coffee and pastry-fueled discussions that provide the opportunity for professors to present the research they are currently working on to graduate students. The series also aims to allow graduate students and new faculty members to get to know each other better in an […]
Prof. Schulman Featured in “Rewind” for BunkHistory
Professor Schulman joins several political historians to analyze the strangely durable—and highly problematic—concept of the Reagan Democrats for BunkHistory, the new popular history site launched by University of Richmond President Emeritus (and prizewinning historian) Edward Ayers. You can visit the page here.
Prof. Schulman Investigates Deep History of Republican Tax Plan for The Washington Post’s Made by History
On October 30th, Professor Bruce Schulman’s op-ed on what’s really at stake in the current debate over the deduction for state and local taxes appeared on The Washington Post’s “Made By History” page. The article, titled “Blue states already subsidize red states. Now red states want even more” is available to read at washingtonpost.com.
Global Oceans: Prof. Menegon Attends Conference and Researches Manuscript in Lisbon
Recently Professor Eugenio Menegon (Chinese and World History) presented a paper entitled “Sailing to China: The Maritime Journey of Catholic Missionaries” at the International Symposium “China & Macau: Sailing Routes, Sea Straits, Global Oceans,” held at the Centro Científico e Cultural de Macau, Lisbon (Portugal), on October 9-11, 2017. The paper compared three narratives of the […]
Maritime Asia Seminar Visits “Trading in Canton” Exhibit at Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
On October 24, 2017, the members of the seminar HI 482 “History of Maritime Asia” (Instructor Prof. Eugenio Menegon; Students: Viminta Apimanchindakul; Drake Becka; Austin Coyne; Qianqi Feng; Tristan Hamilton; Caleb Ho; Tyler Joachim; Sung Jin Kim; Jiacheng Liu; Alexander Pramer; Melanie Rabin; Ao Shen; Katarina Stewart; Mengzi Yang; Yuncheng Zhang) visited the Peabody Essex […]
Prof. Russell Delivers Keynote Address for Conference at the Center of the American West
On October 18th, 2017, Professor Edmund Russell gave the keynote address at “The Social Implications of Technological Change,” a conference organized by the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado-Boulder. The entire event, including Russell’s address, was recorded and is available to stream at the website of the Center of the American West.
BU History Grad Joe Clark Accepts Faculty Position at the University of Kentucky
Joseph Clark, a 2010 graduate with honors, who went on to complete a Ph.D. in Atlantic history at Johns Hopkins University, has accepted a faculty appointment at the University of Kentucky. Joe, whose research focuses on on port cities in the seventeenth century Spanish Caribbean, with a special interest in slavery and African diaspora in […]