The “Secrets” of Secret Societies: AMNESP Course in BU Today
BU Today accompanied Prof Will Moore’s AM 502 seminar, Mystic Orders and Secret Societies, to Boston’s Grand Lodge of Masons and covered the course as part of its “One Class, One Day” series. Click here for full coverage.
Tim Orwig (Ph.D 2010) in the news
Tim Orwig (Ph.D 2010) is in the news because of his role in establishing an historic district in Berkley, Mass. Click here for the article, “Berkley burial ground helps sway commission in Historic Register decision” Keep up the good work , Tim!
Ian Stevenson awarded the Richard E. Greenwood Young Scholar Award by the New England Chapter of the Vernacular Architecture Forum
The New England Chapter of the Vernacular Architecture Forum has chosen AMNESP PhD student Ian Stevenson to receive the Richard E. Greenwood Young Scholar Award at their annual meeting to be held on April 2, 2016. At that meeting, Stevenson will present his paper “Fraternity, Furlough, and Family: Maine’s Civil War Veteran Summer Cottages.” Congratulations, […]
Aaron Ahlstrom & Sam Palfreyman at the Student Symposium of the New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
Aaron Ahlstrom and Sam Palfreyman are on the program of the 38th Annual Student Symposium of the New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians which will be held in Room 901 of the Photonics Center on February 13th and is hosted by the BU Department of History of Art & Architecture. For more […]
Andy Ho, an AMNESP undergraduate concentrator, published in New Errands: the Undergraduate Journal of American Studies
Ho’s article, “Comedic Relief in a Culture of Uncertainty: The Contribution of Life Magazine to 1920s America,” has just been published in the fall issue of New Errands: the Undergraduate Journal of American Studies. Congratulations, Andy!
Congratulations Kathleen Daly!
Kathleen Daly has successfully defended her dissertation, “Fit to Mother: Women, Architecture, and the Performance of Health, 1865-1930.” Congratulations, Dr. Daly!
Molly Geidel (AMNESP PhD, 2011) offered tenure-track appointment at the University of Manchester
Molly Geidel (AMNESP PhD, 2011) was recently offered the equivalent of a tenure-track appointment at the University of Manchester in England. Her official title is Lecturer in Twentieth Century American Cultural History in the Division of English, American Studies and Creative Writing. Congratulations, Molly!
Spring 2015 Featured Courses
Introduction to American Studies: CAS AM 200 An exploration of the multi-faceted themes of American society and culture in selected historical periods using a variety of approaches to interpret such topics as American art, literature, politics, material culture, and the mass media. Required of majors and minors. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. Patterson, MWF […]
Sert Sunday & Welcome Reception with Daniel Bluestone, New Director of BU Preservation Studies Program
Sunday, October 19 at 3pm / Sumner Redstone Building, Room 102 / 765 Commonwealth Ave We hope you can join us in a Welcome Reception for Professor Bluestone. We are very pleased to announce that on that day Henry Moss, AIA, of Bruner-Cott architects, will deliver a talk and analysis on Boston University’s Preservation, Rehabilitation, […]
Liz Duclos-Orsello (AMNESP 2003) Elected to Board of Mass Humanities
Liz Duclos-Orsello, who graduated from AMNESP in 2003 and is currently Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and American Studies Director at Salem State, has just been elected to the Board of Mass Humanities. Congratualtions, Liz!