Over the past several years, universities all across the world have been establishing new programs in United States History. This process, what a recent president of the American Historical Association called the “internationalization of American history,” has brought tremendous vitality to the field. International scholars have raised new perspectives and questions, overseas programs have contributed new resources to the study of American politics and culture, and these new programs have developed a pool of prospective students for U.S. graduate programs. Under the leadership of Anthony Badger, Mellon Professor of History and Master of Clare College, Cambridge University has moved to the forefront in this endeavor, creating one of the most vital and prestigious U.S. history programs outside the United States.
Collaboration with Cambridge University offers Boston University and its students the unprecedented opportunity to seize a leading role in this process, to participate in, learn from, contribute to and shape the international conversation that is redefining the field.
