“Blurring the Color Line” Film Screening
Film screening of Blurring the Color Line and Q&A with the director, Crystal Kwok, as well as History’s own faculty, Professor Paula Austin and Professor Jilene Chua.
History Department Undergrad Reception
The History Department is hosting a Fall Reception for our majors and minors on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 from 3-5PM at our building in Room 104 (226 Bay State Road). Chat with your peers and faculty, hear directly from instructors about which classes they’ll be teaching in Spring 2024, and enjoy fall themed treats like […]
PhD Alum Zach Fredman Receives Tenure and Promotion
History PhD alum Zach Fredman (GRS ’16) earned tenure in September and was promoted to the title of Associate Professor of History at Duke Kunshan University.
Alum Kathryn Lamontagne Publishes Book with Routledge UK
Kathryn Lamontagne (CAS ’16, GRS ’20), a lecturer in CGS Division of Social Sciences, published her first book with Routledge UK in the summer 2023 entitled “Reconsidering Catholic Lay Womanhood: Pious Transgressors in Late 19th and Early 20th England.” It is part of the series Routledge Studies in Religion. She has been invited to give […]
Prof. Bruce Schulman publishes article for relaunch of “Made By History” for Time Magazine
History Professor Bruce J. Schulman published an article, entitled “Today’s Media Landscape Took Root a Century Ago. Decisions Made Now Could Shape the Next 100 Years” for the relaunch of “Made By History” at Time Magazine.
Prof. Simon Payaslian Presents Paper at BISA
History Professor Simon Payaslian presented a paper entitled “U.S. Human Rights Policy towards the Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: The Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations,” at the annual conference of the British International Studies Association (BISA) US Foreign Policy Working Group, School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR), Queen Mary University of London, Sept. […]
PhD Alumna Katie Brownell Publishes Second Book with Princeton University Press
Katie Brownell, BU Ph.D. (and current Associate Professor of History at Purdue University) has published her second book, 24/7 Politics: Cable Television and The Fragmenting of America From Watergate to Fox News. Published by Princeton University Press, the book “argues that cable television itself is not to blame for today’s rampant polarization and scandal politics—the […]
Henry Tonks Awarded Grant from Dirksen Congressional Center
PhD Candidate Henry Tonks was awarded a grant from the Dirksen Congressional Center for his research proposal.
Prof. Simon Payaslian Publishes Article in Studies on National Movements
History Professor Simon Payaslian published an article, entitled “The Origins of Armenian Nationalism in the United States and the American Armenian Press (1880s-1920s),” in Studies on National Movements.
PhD Alumna Cari Babitzke is featured in Bostonia Article on Gun Politics
Historian and PhD alumna Cari Babitzke (GRS ’22) was interviewed by Bostonia, BU’s alumni magazine, about partisan gun politics in America and her personal investment in this area of study. Read the full article, entitled “Under the Gun: How the AR-15 Divided a Nation,” on their website.