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Name<\/strong><\/td>\nDissertation Title<\/strong><\/td>\nMajor Advisor<\/strong><\/td>\nGraduation Year<\/strong><\/td>\nCurrent Position<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Grumer<\/strong><\/td>\n“Midcentury Monsters: Paranormal Enthusiasm in the United States and Great Britain, 1920-1960”<\/td>\nProfessor Arianne Chernock<\/td>\nMay-25<\/td>\nAntique Jewelry Cataloger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Courteney Smith<\/strong><\/td>\n“Space, Place and Identity in the Women’s Movement in Britain, 1857-2018”<\/td>\nProfessor Arianne Chernock<\/td>\nMay-25<\/td>\nAssistant Professor of History, St. Bonaventure University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henry Tonks<\/strong><\/td>\n“‘Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow’: Remaking American Liberalism in an Age of Crisis, 1972-1992”<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nMay-25<\/td>\nPostdoctoral Fellow, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason Macleod<\/strong><\/td>\n“Populism: An Early Chapter in the History of Late Medieval Political Thought?”<\/td>\nProfessor Phillip Haberkern<\/td>\nAug-24<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas Sojka<\/strong><\/td>\n“Locating the Bright Young People: The Geography of Elite Sociability in Interwar Britain”<\/td>\nProfessor Arianne Chernock<\/td>\nMay-24<\/td>\nAssistant Professor, Albertus Magnus College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James Williams<\/strong><\/td>\n“Skeptical Religion, Millennial Politics: Garrisonian Abolitionism and the Rise of Secular America”<\/td>\nProfessor Jon Roberts<\/td>\nMay-24<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chenguang Zhu<\/strong><\/td>\n“The Silent Delegates in a Foreign Capital: Chinese Objects, Civilizational Hierarchy, and Cultural Diplomacy in the International Exhibitions and Museums in London, 1851-1912”<\/td>\nProfessor Arianne Chernock<\/td>\nMay-24<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Weiser<\/strong><\/td>\n“Like Mother, Like Daughter: Three Generations of Socialist Women in the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1989”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Jonathan Zatlin<\/td>\nJan-24<\/td>\nAssistant Professor, Jacksonville State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnathan Williams<\/strong><\/td>\n“Big-Box Nation: Target and the Making of a Retail World”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Sarah Phillips<\/td>\nMay-23<\/td>\nAssistant Professor, University of Northern Iowa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charley Binkow<\/strong><\/td>\n“‘She Forces Nature’: Nature and the Criminalization of Abortion”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Nina Silber<\/td>\nJan-24<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dalia Haitayan<\/strong><\/td>\n“The Greatest Evangelizing Opportunity of the Century: Mexican Immigration and the Religious Right”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nMay-23<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeanna Kinnebrew<\/strong><\/td>\n“Sexual Health in the Puritan City, 1880-1980”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Brooke Blower<\/td>\nAug-23<\/td>\nDirector of the Annual Fund, American Academy of Arts and Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joshua Castillo<\/strong><\/td>\n“Lingala Franca: Language and Political Power in Mobutu’s Congo\/Zaire: 1965-1997”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Linda Heywood<\/td>\nAug-23<\/td>\nLecturer at BU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Seth Anderson<\/strong><\/td>\n“Straight Talk: Elite Universities and the Genesis of Gay Conversion Therapy, 1900-2015”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nAug-23<\/td>\nHistory Instructor, Star Academy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patrick Browne<\/strong><\/td>\n“The Ordeal of Homecoming: Returning Union Soldiers and Northern Civilians”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Nina Silber<\/td>\nAug-22<\/td>\nDirector, Plymouth MA Historical Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cari Babitzke<\/strong><\/td>\n“Man, Machine, Myth: The Politics of Gun Control in the Twentieth Century US”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nAug-22<\/td>\nHistorian, Historical Office of the OSD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jamie Grishkan<\/strong><\/td>\n“Banking, Law, and American Liberalism: The Rise and Regulation of Bank Holding Companies in the Twentieth Century”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Louis Ferleger<\/td>\nMay-22<\/td>\nAssistant Professor of Law at Arizona State University, School of Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Hameeteman<\/strong><\/td>\n“Pipe Parity: Desalination, Development, and the Global Quest for Water in the 1950s and 1960s”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Sarah Phillips<\/td>\nJan-22<\/td>\nPostdoctoral Fellow, Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew Lavallee<\/strong><\/td>\n“Scientific Management, Labor, and the Evolution of Transatlantic Capitalism, 1878-1920<\/span>“<\/td>\nProfessor Louis Ferleger<\/td>\nMay-21<\/td>\nLecturer at Tufts University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julie Keresztes<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cBuilding National Socialism through Photography, 1933-1945\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Jonathan Zatlin<\/td>\nMar-21<\/td>\nPostdoctoral Fellow, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, American University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Bell<\/strong><\/td>\n“Archaeologists and American Foreign Relations in a World of Empires, 1879-1945”<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor Brooke Blower<\/td>\nMay 2020<\/td>\nVisiting Assistant Professor, Oberlin College<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathryn Lamontagne<\/strong><\/td>\n“Unconventional Religiosity: Modes of Lay Catholic Womanhood in Britain, c. 1880-c. 1920”<\/td>\nProfessor Arianne Chernock<\/td>\nMay 2020<\/td>\nLecturer at CGS, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristen Carey<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cCeding Control: The Origins, Implementation, and Breakdown of Population Management in Tanzania (1948-1999)\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nMar-20<\/td>\nDirector of Platform at Bema Technologies, LLC<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agnes Burt<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cReforming the Married State: Women and Property after the Married Women’s Property Acts, 1870-1935\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Arianne Chernock<\/td>\nDec-19<\/td>\nAssistant Director, Foundation Relations, Boston University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Shorten<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cFor Capital or Country: The Anti-Monopoly Tradition and the Political Economy of U.S. Foreign Enterprise, 1905-1929\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nDec-19<\/td>\nManager, Business History Initiative, Harvard Business School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krista Kinslow<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cContesting the Centennial: Politics and Culture at the 1876 World’s Fair\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Nina Silber<\/td>\nMay-19<\/td>\nOnRamps Grader at UT Austin<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sarah Westwood<\/strong><\/td>\n“Military Culture in Senegambia and the Origins of the “Tirailleur S\u00e9n\u00e9galais Army, 1750-1910”<\/military><\/td>\nProfessor John Thornton<\/td>\nAugust-18<\/td>\nInstructor, Universitat de Lleida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Shimp<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cA British Paradox: John Quincy Adams\u2019s Life and Career in the Early American Republic\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Brendan McConville<\/td>\nMay-18<\/td>\nDirector of Research and Adult Programming at Paul Revere Memorial Association<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel Burge<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cDeregulation and the Partisan Politics of the Savings and Loan Crisis 1970-1989\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nJan-18<\/td>\nAssoc. Lecturer Umass Boston<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew David<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cFighting for National Security: Building the National Security State During the Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor David Mayers<\/td>\nJan-18<\/td>\nLecturer, College of General Studies, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aaron Hiltner<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cFriendly Invasions: Civilians and Servicemen on the World War II American Home Front\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Brooke Blower<\/td>\nJan-18<\/td>\nLecturer, University of York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benjamin Twagira<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cBajeemi Urbanites: Roots of Social Resilience in Militarized Kampala, 1966-1986\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Diana Wylie<\/td>\nJan-18<\/td>\nAssist Prof at Williams College<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Katie Moore<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cA Just and Honest Valuation: Paper Money and the Body Politic in Colonial America, 1640-1765\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Brendan McConville<\/td>\nSep-17<\/td>\nAsst. Prof at UC Santa Barbara<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Conz<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201c\u2018Wisdom Does Not Live In One House\u2019\u201d: Compiling Environmental Knowledge in Lesotho, Southern Africa, C. 1880-1965<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nMay-17<\/td>\nVisiting Assistant Professor of History at the College of the Holy Cross<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zach Fredman<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cFrom Allies to Occupiers: Living with the U.S. Military in Wartime China, 1941-1945\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Brooke Blower<\/td>\nSep-16<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, Duke Kunshan University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Olson<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe World \u2018In Search of its Soul\u2019: Unesco, America, and the Struggle to Build a Postcolonial World\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor William Keylor<\/td>\nSep-16<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Noel Ellison<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201c\u2018Reverse of Fortune\u2019: The Invasion of Canada and the Coming of American Independence, 1774-1776\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Brendan McConville<\/td>\nMay-16<\/td>\nExhibition Curator at Los Altos History Museum<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sara Georgini<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cHousehold Gods: Creating Adams Family Religion in the American Republic, 1583-1927\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Jon Roberts<\/td>\nMay-16<\/td>\nSeries Editor, The Adams Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew Pressman<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cRemaking the News: The Transformation of American Journalism, 1960-1980\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nMay-16<\/td>\nAssistant Professor of Journalism, Seton Hall University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aaron Knapp<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cLaw\u2019s Revolutions: Coercion and Constitutional Change in the American Founding\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Brendan McConville<\/td>\nJan-16<\/td>\nPartner, McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Kukis<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cAn Unseen Dimension of RFK: The Attorney General and National Security Policy, 1961-1963\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Andrew Bacevich<\/td>\nJan-16<\/td>\nAssistant Professor of Social Sciences, Minerva Schools at KGI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beth M. Forrest<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cHungry and Thirsty: The Role of Food and the Senses in Spanish Identity, 1750 \u2013 1850\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Thomas Glick<\/td>\nSep-15<\/td>\nProfessor of Liberal Arts and Applied Food Studies, Culinary Institute of America<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christine Axen<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cMapping the Bishop of Avignon: Sources of Episcopal Power in the Thirteenth Century\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Deanna Klepper<\/td>\nMay-15<\/td>\nContract Position, Plymouth State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Katherine A. Hollander<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cAt Home in Exile: Co-Creation and Intellectual Labor in a Socialist Circle\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor James Schmidt<\/td>\nMay-15<\/td>\nLecturer in English, Tufts University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William McCoy<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cHealing the Leper? Mission Christianity, Medicine, and Social Dependence in 20th Century Swaziland\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Diana Wylie<\/td>\nMay-15<\/td>\nVice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College at East Nazarene College<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gareth McFeely<\/strong><\/td>\n\u2018\u201dGone are the Days\u2019: A Social and Business History of Cinema-Going in Gold Coast\/Ghana, 1910 \u2013 1982\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Diana Wylie<\/td>\nMay-15<\/td>\nExecutive Director, Study Abroad, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patricia J. Peknik<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cExotic Folk: Old-Time French Louisiana Music and the Politics of Culture, 1946-1973\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nMay-15<\/td>\nProfessor, Berklee College of Music<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rosemary Hynes<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Mask of Liberty: The Making of Freeholder Democracy in Revolutionary Georgia\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Brendan McConville<\/td>\nSep-14<\/td>\nAssociate Dean, Program Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Emory University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathan Koefoed<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cCautious Romantics: Trinitarian Transcendentalists and the Emergence of a Conservative Religious Tradition in America\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Charles Capper<\/td>\nJan-14<\/td>\nPost-Doctoral Fellow, Thomas Jefferson Center, University of Texas at Austin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Ballou<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cFrom Pacifism to Nonviolent Direct Action: The Fellowship of Reconciliation and Social Christianity, 1914-1947\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Jon Roberts<\/td>\nSep-13<\/td>\nHistory Teacher, St. John Paul II High School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Holm<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cAmerica in the World: Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1944-1950\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor William Keylor<\/td>\nSep-13<\/td>\nLecturer, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seth Blumenthal<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cChildren of the Silent Majority: Nixon, New Politics, and the Youth Vote, 1968-1972\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nMay-13<\/td>\nLecturer, Writing Program, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Seely<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cFighting the Good Fight: The Religious Right and American Foreign Policy Since World War II\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor William Keylor<\/td>\nMay-13<\/td>\nLecturer, Assumption University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jolanta Komornicka<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Parlement of Paris and Crimes of Lese Majesty in France, 1328-1350\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Clifford Backman<\/td>\nJan-13<\/td>\nAsst. Prof of University of Waterloo; Also Assoc. Director of the DRAGEN Lav (digital humanities project)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ellen Wald<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cFueling the American Century: The United States, Great Britain and the Middle-Eastern Oil Industry, 1945-1960\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Louis Ferleger<\/td>\nJan-13<\/td>\nSr. Fellow at Global Energy Center<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anne Blaschke<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cRacing to Win: Women Track and Field Athletes in American Political Culture, 1928-1978\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nMay-12<\/td>\nAssoc. Lecturer at Umass Boston (American Studies); also at MIT (Graduate Consortium in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Douglas Kierdorf<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cSocial, Political, and Economic Life in the Post-Conquest Kingdom of Valencia: La Plana de Castello\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Thomas Glick<\/td>\nMay-12<\/td>\nAdjunct Lecturer, Bentley University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Mislin<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cFaith Bounded and Unbounded: The Protestant Establishment, Secularism, and the Emergence of Religious Inclusiveness in America\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Jon Roberts<\/td>\nMay-12<\/td>\nAssistant Professor, Temple University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dane Cash<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Forgotten Debate: American Political Opinion Journals and the Korean War, 1950-1953\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor William Keylor<\/td>\nJan-12<\/td>\nAssistant Professor, Carroll College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Marr<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cUrban Encounters and the Religious Divide: Catholic-Protestant Coexistence in Samur, France, 1589-1665\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Barbara Diefendorf<\/td>\nJan-12<\/td>\nSenior Lecturer, College of General Studies, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael McGuire<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cAn Ephemeral Relationship: American Non-Governmental Organizations, the Reconstruction of France, and Franco-American Relations, 1914-1924 Vol. I of II\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor William Keylor<\/td>\nJan-12<\/td>\nVisiting Instructor, Salem State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea Mosterman<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cSharing Spaces in a New World Environment: African-Dutch Contributions to North American Culture, 1626-1826\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Linda Heywood<\/td>\nJan-12<\/td>\nAssistant Professor, University of New Orleans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zachary Smith<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cFrom the Well of the House: Remaking the House Republican Party, 1978-1994\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nJan-12<\/td>\nDigital Director at For Our Future<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathyrn Brownell<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Entertainment Estate: Hollywood in American Politics, 1932-1972\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nMay-11<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, Purdue University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fran\u00e7ois Lalonde<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cDiverging Visions of Leadership in the Atlantic Alliance, 1957-1963\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor William Keylor<\/td>\nJan-11<\/td>\nPart-time professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Atkinson<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Burdens of Whiteness: Asian Immigration Restriction and White Supremacy in the British Empire and the United States, 1897-1924\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor William Keylor<\/td>\nMay-10<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, Purdue University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melissa Graboyes<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cSurveying the \u2018Pathological Museum\u2019: A History of Medical Research in East Africa, 1940-1965\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nMay-10<\/td>\nFaculty Fellow and Assistant Director of the African Studies Program, University of Oregon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Katherine Jewell<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cAs Dead as Dixie: The Southern States Industrial Council and the End of the New South, 1933-1954\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Louis Ferleger<\/td>\nMay-10<\/td>\nAssoc. Professor of History, Fitchburg State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ronald Lamothe<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cSlaves of Fortune: Sudanese Soldiers and the River War, 1896-1898\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nMay-10<\/td>\nAssociate Professor, Lesley University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew R. Black<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Whig in Swallow Barn: The Political and Literary Culture of John Pendleton Kennedy\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Nina Silber<\/td>\nJan-10<\/td>\nWriter, published John Pendleton Kennedy: Early American Novelist, Whig Statesman, and Ardent Nationalist (Southern Biography Series) on LSU Press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robyn Metcalfe<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cSmithfield on the Move: Cattle, Commerce, and the City, 1800-1855\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Louis Ferleger<\/td>\nJan-10<\/td>\nDirector of Food+City, Lecturer; University of Texas at Austin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jean Dunlavy<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cA Band of Sisters: Vietnam Veterans\u2019 Organization for Rights and Recognition, 1965-1995\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nJan-09<\/td>\nInstructor, Phillips Exeter Academy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belete Bizuneh<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cAn Agrarian Polity and Its Pastoral Periphery: State, Society and Pastoralism in the Borana Borderlands (Southern Ethiopia), 1897-1991\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nMay-08<\/td>\nAssistant Professor of History and Cultural Heritage, Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zbysek Brezina<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Czechoslovak Democrat: The Life, Writing and Politics of Hubert Ripka from 1918 to 1945\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Anna Geifman<\/td>\nMay-08<\/td>\nSocial Studies Teacher, The Rashi School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brenda Gardenour<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cMedicine and Miracle: The Reception of Theory-Rich Medicine in the Hagiography of the Latin West, 13th and 14th Centuries\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Deeana Klepper<\/td>\nJan-08<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, St. Louis College of Pharmacy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R. Samuel Deese<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cEcology and the Gospel of Progress: Julian and Aldous Huxley in the American Century\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Charles Capper<\/td>\nMay-07<\/td>\nInternational History Institute Fellow, Lecturer, College of General Studies, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devon H. Atchison<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cShades of Change: Suntanning and the Twentieth Century American Dream\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nJan-07<\/td>\nPartner, SVP Seattle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyri Claflin<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cCulture, Politics, and Modernization in Paris Provisioning, 1880-1920\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor William Keylor<\/td>\nMay-06<\/td>\nLecturer, Metropolitan College, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Dempsey<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cBonizo of Sutri: Life and Work\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Clifford Backman<\/td>\nMay-06<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, Westfield State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christina Kopp<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201c\u2018A School of New Men\u2019: Composing an American Identity in the Early Twentieth Century\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nMay-06<\/td>\nGlobal Studies Program Coordinator, Deerfield Academy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virginia Laffey<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Invisible Regiment: The Wives, Mothers and Girlfriends of Soldiers in Vietnam\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nJan-06<\/td>\nLecturer, Bryant University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Leeman<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Long Road to Annapolis: The Naval Academy Debate and Emerging Nationalism in the United States, 1775-1845\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Nina Silber<\/td>\nJan-06<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History and Faculty Fellow, Salve Regina University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benjamin Varat<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cA Clash of Kings: de Gaulle, Kennedy and the Battle for Western Europe, 1958-1963\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor William Keylor<\/td>\nJan-06<\/td>\nSenior Lecturer of Social Sciences, College of General Studies, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stacy Holden<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cMaintaining a Moroccan Medina: Commercial and Technological Innovations at the Workplace of Millers and Butchers in Fez, 1878-1937\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Diana Wylie<\/td>\nMay-05<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, Purdue University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Munson<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Landscape of German Colonialism: Mounts Kilimanjaro and Meru, c. 1890-1916\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nMay-05<\/td>\nAfrican Analyst, United States Airforce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April Najjaj<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Alhambra in Comparative Perspective: Towards a Definition of Palace-Cities\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Thomas Glick<\/td>\nMay-05<\/td>\nLecturer, Texas A&M University at San Antonio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madia Thomson<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cModernization, Slavery, and the Transformation of Social Hierarchy in Southwestern Morocco, 1912-56\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Diana Wylie<\/td>\nMay-05<\/td>\nWriter, published The Demise of Slavery in Southwestern Morocco, 1860-2000: Economic Modernization and Transformation of Social Hierarchy on Edwin Mellen Press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bryan Thrift<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cJesse Helms, the New Right, and American Freedom\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nJan-05<\/td>\nHistory Instructor, Johnston Community College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jennifer Alpert<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cMedicine and Politics in the Life of Henry I. Bowditch, M.D., 1808-1892\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Thomas Glick<\/td>\nMay-04<\/td>\nAdjunct Assistant Professor of History, Bentley University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Kittelstrom<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Religion of Democracy: William James and Practical Idealism in Evolutionary America, 1870-1910\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Charles Capper<\/td>\nMay-04<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, Sonoma State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melissa Lurio<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cAn Educated Bishop in an Age of Reform: Marbode, Bishop of Rennes, 1096-1123\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Clifford Backman<\/td>\nJan-04<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sarah Phillips<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cAcres Fit and Unfit: Conservation and Rural Rehabilitation in the New Deal Era\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Bruce Schulman<\/td>\nJan-04<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melissane Parm Schrems<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cA Freedom to Suit Themselves: Negotiating Mashpee Indian Political Identity on Cape Cod, 1746-1834\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Jill Lepore<\/td>\nMay-03<\/td>\nAssociate Professor and Coordinator of Native American Studies, St. Lawrence University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gerald Ward<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cRestoring the Shattered World: The Apocalyptic Mercantilism of Samuel Purchas and the Revelatiopn of World Trade\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Thomas Glick<\/td>\nMay-03<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Midori Yoshii<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cReducing the American Burden: Kennedy\u2019s Policy Toward Northeast Asia\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor David Mayers<\/td>\nMay-03<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of International Studies, Albion College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leonid Blickstein<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Challenge of Otherness: Self, Values, and Modernity in Russian Philosophical Thought, 1900-1917\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Anna Geifman<\/td>\nJan-03<\/td>\nSenior Instructor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heather Hoag<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cDesigning the Delta: A History of Water and Development in the Lower Rufiji River Basin, Tanzania, 1945-1985\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nJan-03<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, University of San Francisco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Timothy Walker<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cDoctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition: The Repression of Popular Healing in Portugal During the Enlightenment Era\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Barbara Diefendorf<\/td>\nJan-01<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Abate<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cRoger Bacon and the Rage of Antichrist: The Apocalypse of a Thirteenth Century Natural Philosopher\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Clifford Backman<\/td>\nMay-00<\/td>\nChair and Professor of History, Westfield State University.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Alegi<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cKeep Your Eye on the Ball: A Social History of Soccer in South Africa, 1910-1976\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Diana Wylie<\/td>\nMay-00<\/td>\nProfessor of History, Michigan State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mitchell Allen<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Anglo-Hanoverian Connection in the Foreign Policy of George II\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor John Gagliardo<\/td>\nMay-00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yusufu Lawi<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cLocal Environmental Perceptions and te Political Economy of Natural Resource Use in Iraqw\u2019ar Da\/aw, Northern Tanzania, 1900-1980s\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nJan-00<\/td>\nSenior Lecturer in History, University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Angel Amy-Moreno<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Spanish Treatment of Moriscos as a Model for the Treatment of Native Americans\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Thomas Glick<\/td>\nMay-99<\/td>\nProfessor of Social Sciences Emeritus, Roxbury Community College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tumelo Tsikoane<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cA History of Public Health Policy in Lesotho, Southern Africa, 1900-1980\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nJan-98<\/td>\nSenior Lecturer, Department of Development Studies, National University of Lesotho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kirk Hoppe<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cLords of the Fly: Environmental Images and Social Engineering in British East African Sleeping Sickness Control, 1903-1963\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nMay-97<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, University of Chicago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Van Meter<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Empire of the Year 6000: Eschatology and the Sanctification of Carolingian Politics\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Richard Landes<\/td>\nMay-97<\/td>\nFinancial Advisor, Van Meter & Van Meter, LLC, Little Falls, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Erik Gilbert<\/strong><\/td>\n“The Dhow Trade: Wooden Ships and the East African Economy, 1860-1964”<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nJan-97<\/td>\nAssociat Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of History, Arkansas State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sanders Huguenin<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Curious History of the Prinkipo Idea: The Big Four and Bolshevism at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor William Keylor<\/td>\nMay-96<\/td>\nProvost and Senior Vice Chancellor; Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia, Wise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathan Reynolds<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cZamanin Siyasa (the Time of Politics): Islam and Political Legitimacy in Northern Nigeria, 1950-1966\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nMay-95<\/td>\nProfessor of History, Northern Kentucky University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Hazard<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cCold War Crucible: United States Foreign Policy and the Conflict in Romania, 1943-1952\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor David Mayers<\/td>\nJan-95<\/td>\nPublished Cold War Crucible: United States Foreign Policy and the Conflict in Romania, 1943-1952<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tekalign Wolde-Mariam<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cA City and Its Hinterlands: The Political Economy of Land Tenure, Agriculture and Food Supply for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1887-1974\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor James McCann<\/td>\nJan-95<\/td>\nAcademic Vice President, Associate Professor of History, Addis Ababa University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Victor Bondi<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Origins of the Theory of Totalitarianism: Essays in Interpretation\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Richard Fox<\/td>\nJan-93<\/td>\nVice President of Educational Technology, Platform Learning, Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pamela Laird<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Business of Progress: The Transformation of American Advertising, 1870-1920\u2033<\/td>\nProfessor Josph Boskin<\/td>\nMay-92<\/td>\nProfessor of History, University of Colorado, Denver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John McGrath<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cFrance in America, 1555-1565: A Reevaluation of the Evidence\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Barbara Diefendorf<\/td>\nMay-91<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of Social Science, College of General Studies, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William McCarthy<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cThe Economic Impact of Shipwreck During the Age of Discovery\u201d<\/td>\nProfessor Thomas Glick<\/td>\nJan-91<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Wilmington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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