Prof. Brooke Blower Wins Hanlan Prize for Becoming Americans in Paris

Professor Brooke Blower’s book, Becoming Americans in Paris, has won another award–the James P. Hanlan BOOK AWARD of the The New England Historical Association.  Awarded annually since 1985 to an author who has lived or worked in New England at some time during the prior two years. the prize recognizes the best book by a New England […]

Prof. Arianne Chernock Review Essay on Public Books

Professor Arianne Chernock has review essay “The Persistence of Monarchy” posted on Public Books. Follow the link provided to read full essay. http://publicbooks.org/nonfiction/the-persistence-of-monarchy

Professor Schulman Analyzes Romney’s Convention Speech

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney built his political career — and his claim to the presidency — on his success as a businessman.  But in his acceptance speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention, Romney went even further–not just asserting the value of his own entrepreneurial experience, but also declaring that the lack of […]

Modern Intellectual History – August 2012 Issue Published

Professor Charles Capper is the co-editor of Modern Intellectual History along with Duncan Kelly (Cambridge), Anthony La Vopa (NC State), and Sam Moyn (Columbia). The journal is based at BU and published by Cambridge University Press in the UK.  

Profs. Heywood and Thornton Correct NY Times Piece on Obama’s Ancestry

Department Professors Linda Heywood and John Thornton have weighed in on the recent controversy over President Obama’s ancestry on his mother’s side and the disputed history of African slavery in 17th century North America.  For more, visit http://www.theroot.com/views/account-obamas-slave-ancestry-misses-mark

Prof. Thornton Publishes New Cultural History of the Atlantic World

Cambridge University press has just announced the publication of Professor John Thornton’s latest book, A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250–1820.  Exploring the linkages in the histories of Africa, Europe, and North and South America, Thornton traces the backgrounds of the populations on these three continental landmasses brought into contact by European navigation and the […]

BU School of Medicine: History Interest Group

Are you Interested in History and Medicine? The Boston University School of Medicine Historical Society is proud to announce that “Aceso: The Journal of the BUSM Historical Society” is looking for submissions for its inaugural issue next Fall.  We are looking for contributions in the fields of: -Medicine in Antiquity -History of Medicine, Public Health, and related fields -History […]

Professor Jim Johnson Wins Kenschur Prize

The Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies, housed at Indiana University, has awarded Professor James Johnson the Oscar Kenshur Book Prize for his 2011 book, Venice Incognito (the book has already won the Mosse Award of the American Historical Association).  The Kenshur Prize is awarded annually  for an outstanding monograph of interest to eighteenth-century scholars working in […]