BU History Student Emma Schlauder Wins Fulbright Scholarship
Emma Schlauder (CAS ’19), a double major in History and Archaeology, has received a J. William Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United Kingdom. As the BU Archaeology Program announced last month, Emma will use the prestigious award to attend the University of Sheffield’s MSc program in Human Osteology and Funerary Archaeology in fall 2019. […]
2019 Bacon Lecture: Martha S. Jones on “Birthright Citizenship: A History of Race and Rights”
On April 24, 2019, the Boston University History Department hosted Martha S. Jones, Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor at Johns Hopkins University for the 2019 Gaspar G. Bacon Lecture. Birthright Citizens tells how African American activists radically transformed the terms of citizenship for all Americans. Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws […]
Prof. Phillips Presents At Green New Deal Teach-In at NYU
On Earth Day, April 22, Professor Sarah Phillips gave a presentation on the original New Deal at a Teach-In on the Green New Deal at New York University.
BU History PhD Beth Forrest Elected President of the Association for the Study of Food and Society
This past fall, BU History PhD Beth Forrest was elected president of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, the largest and oldest organization of food studies scholars in the US. Forrest is currently a Professor of Liberal Arts at the Culinary Institute of America.
BU History Student Anna Stroinski Interviewed on CNN
BU History student and President of the BU College Democrats Anna Stroinski was one of several members of the College Democrats interviewed by CNN for a segment on Erin Burnett Out Front on the role of the youth vote in the Democratic primary race for the presidency in 2020. The segment is available to stream […]
Prof. McCann Gives Keynote Address of Conference at University of Groningen
Prof. James McCann gave a Keynote address: “Biadi Minuti: The Fate of Ethiopia’s Small Millets in the Era Maize” at the International Workshop: Contested Millets in Africa and Asia: Past and Present at the University of Groningen, Netherlands on March 28th, 2019. The workshop was sponsored by the University of Groningen, Frobenius Institut (Frankfurt) and Goethe University.
Prof. Silber Interviewed by BU Today on the Prospect of “Another Civil War”
Professor Nina Silber provided answers to a question posed by BU Today on “the possibility of another civil war.” The interview, titled “BU Historian Answers: Are We Headed for Another Civil War?,” is available to read online at BU Today.
History Graduate Noe Hinck Publishes Article in Columbia Journal of History
BU History graduate Noe Hinck (CAS ’18), now pursuing a Ph.M. in European Politics at the University of Oxford, recently published an article in Columbia University’s undergraduate research journal The Columbia Journal of History. The paper, titled “Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee: The Parade that Restored the British Monarchy,” was originally written for Professor Brooke Blower’s honors […]
Prof. Charlie Capper Honored at AHA Meeting
A two-session roundtable on “Intellectual History in an Anti-intellectual Age” was held in honor of Charles Capper at the American Historical Association’s Annual Meeting in Chicago over January 3-6, 2019. The honor was bestowed for Capper’s cofounding and subsequently coediting for fifteen years Modern Intellectual History and was occasioned by his recently stepping down as […]
PhD Candidate Cari Babitzke Awarded Research Grant by Dirksen Congressional Center
BU History PhD candidate Cari Babitzke was one of a handful of recipients of the Dirksen Congressional Center’s 2019 Congressional Research Grants for her project titled Man, Myth, Machine: The Politics of Gun Control in the Twentieth Century US.