Henry Tonks is Selected for Seminar with Newberry Library
History PhD Candidate Henry Tonks has been selected for the Newberry Library’s 2023-2024 History of Capitalism Seminar (seminar call is here). His paper is called “The Next American Frontier: Liberalism, Technology, and the Quest for a New Industrial Policy in the 1980s.”
Profs Paula Austin and John Thornton Featured in Article with BU Today
History Professors Paula Austin and John Thornton were quoted and interviewed in a BU Today article, entitled “BU Historians Weigh In on Ron DeSantis’ Slavery Remarks and His Defense of Florida’s Controversial Social Studies Curriculum.”
Prof Arianne Chernock Publishes Article in The Oxford Handbook
History Professor Arianne Chernock published an article entitled “Suffrage as Philosophy: Women Theorizing the Vote in Britain, 1792–1918” in the The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century, with editors Lydia Moland and Alison Stone. A PDF of the article is available here.
Tom Sojka receives NACBS-Gale Digital Scholar Lab Fellowship
PhD Candidate Tom Sojka received a North American Conference on British Studies-Gale Digital Scholar Lab Fellowship. This award is designed to support research and projects that utilize Gale Primary Sources, such as Gale’s British Library Newspaper series. Tom will use this fellowship to research his fifth dissertation chapter on the interwar gossip column.
Henry Tonks Publishes Review essay for Public Seminar
PhD Candidate Henry Tonks published a review essay this summer, entitled “Can American Liberalism Reinvent Itself?” Read the entire essay with Public Seminar on their website.
Assist. Prof. Job Announcement: African American Experience Prior to 1900
The Department of History and the African American Studies Program are excited to hire a tenure track position as Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2024, with focus in the history of the African American experience prior to 1900. Interested applicants can apply online.
Arianne Chernock Publishes Article with Journal of British Studies
History Professor Arianne Chernock contributed to a forum on “The Death of Queen Elizabeth II: Meaning and Media,” just published in the Journal of British Studies.
2023 History Faculty Retirement Party
On April 4th, 2023, the History Department celebrated the retirement of six faculty: Louis Ferleger, Erik Goldstein, James McCann, Jon Roberts, James Schmidt, and Diana Wylie. Celebrations were held on the top floor of the new building on campus, the Computer and Data Sciences building. Use ← and → to scroll through photos. Click to […]
2023 Gaspar G. Bacon Lecture
Professor Melissa Murray of the New York University School of Law was the guest of the BU History Department on April 27, 2023 for its Gaspar G. Bacon Lecture. Her talk, “Dobbs, Democracy, and Distrust,” outlined the majority’s reasoning in the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Professor Murray focused on the argument […]
Henry Tonks Published Review Essay with Public Books
History PhD Candidate Henry Tonks published review essay with Public Books, entitled “What the 1990s did to America.” Read the full essay on their website.