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History

Photo of James Schmidt, wearing a white face mask, and side-lit by a projector, as he lectures, with a clip from the classic 1959 movie Hiroshima Mon Amour projected on a screen behind him.

Humanities

Catastrophe & Memory

November 5, 2021

Listen Now

What Can a New Mayor Do to Improve a City?

October 18, 2021

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Things-To-Do

The Weekender: September 9 to 12

September 9, 2021

Voices & Opinion

How 9/11 Changed the World

September 8, 2021

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Humanities

Humanities Center Summer Program Teaches the Classics to Local High Schoolers

August 4, 2021

Photo inside the African Meeting House on Beacon Hill, it has wooden pews and a pulpit at the front, with balcony seating on the sides and a chandelier with electric lights.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Visit the Museum of African American History

July 21, 2021

ervicemen of the Ukrainian Navys 88th Separate Marine Battalion and US marine units along with fellow Georgian and Moldovan servicemen conduct a land operation on the Oleshky Sands military training ground close to Crimea as part of the Sea Breeze 2021 maritime exercise held by NATO and its partner nations

Books

Andrew Bacevich: The United States Is Ignoring 2020’s “Apocalyptic” Wake-up Call

July 12, 2021

Daren Bascome, in gray jacket at left, and Chris Needham (CAS’86), wearing a blue blazer with her hand on her chin at right, sit at a colorful outdoor table under and overpass.

Rebranding Boston

Rebranding Boston: New Marketing Campaign Portrays a City That’s More Than the Red Sox, Faneuil Hall, and Beer-Drinking White Bros

July 7, 2021

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History

A Deep Dive into Boston University History

July 1, 2021

History

What Is Juneteenth?

June 15, 2021

Part of Greenwood District burned in Race Riots, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, June 1921

History

On Centennial of Tulsa Race Massacre, Lessons for Our Own Racial Reckoning

May 28, 2021

A photo of the Armenian and American flags at a rally commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian genocide

History

POV: President Biden Confirms Armenian Genocide as “Historical Fact”

April 26, 2021

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Royal Family

Measuring the Legacy of Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth, Dead at 99

April 9, 2021

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives wear protective facemasks while being sworn-in by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D. California) during the first session of the 117th Congress in the House Chamber in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021.

Politics

BU Political Scientist Virginia Sapiro on Record Number of Women in Congress

April 5, 2021

Composite image. At left, a photo of Gianluca Stringhini (ENG) looking serious, with his hand in his pocket, wearing a gray blazer and standing in a hallway with a wooden wall in the background. At right, a photo of Chen Ling (ENG’24), a PhD student, leaning against a wooden rail, and slightly smiling and looking determined. She wears a gray sweater.

Racism

BU Researchers Warned of Online Surge of Anti-Asian Attacks a Year Ago

March 22, 2021

Black and white still from the film “Casablanca.” In the culminating scene, Jean del Val, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Humphrey Bogart, and Ingrid Bergman are seen. The men wear trench coats and hats, and the officers wear uniforms.

Books

Leslie Epstein’s “Novel of War and Celluloid”

March 1, 2021

Portrait of Ibram X. Kendi standing in front of a lavendar background

Books

Ibram Kendi Recruited 90 Writers to Tell a 400-year History of Black America, and now “Four Hundred Souls” is a Bestseller

February 25, 2021

An illustration of a 19th century slaughterhouse in Chicago

Books

In Animal City, CAS Historian Traces the History of Livestock in US Cities

February 9, 2021

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts, as Jill Biden and their children Ashley and Hunter look on on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo by Andrew Harnik - Pool

Inauguration Day

President Biden’s Inaugural Address Gave America Reassurance and Hope

January 20, 2021

A photo of National Guard troops in front of the US Capitol

Politics

This Presidential Inauguration Will Be Unlike Any Other, but It Isn’t the Only Exceptional One

January 20, 2021

This Presidential Inauguration Will Be Unlike Any Other, but It Isn’t the Only Exceptional One