Prof. Emerita Barbara Diefendorf Publishes New Book with Oxford UP
Professor Emerita of History Barbara Diefendorf recently published her latest book with Oxford University Press, titled Planting the Cross: Catholic Reform and Renewal in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth Century France. The first thing that Catholic religious orders did when they arrived in a town to establish a new community was to plant the cross—to erect a large […]
HGSO Hosts Coffee Chat Series with Prof. Anderson, Organizes New Writing Workshops
Towards the end of last semester, the HSGO organized another installment of the Coffee Chat Series, this time with Professor Betty Anderson, as well as more Shakespeare Nights led by Charley Binkow. Moreover, Rachel Wilson presented her work during our good ol’ Writing Workshop after Seth Anderson and Tom Sojka already had done so. One […]
BU PhD Matt Pressman Wins PROSE Award from AAP
BU PhD and Assistant Professor of Journalism Matt Pressman was awarded a PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers. Pressman’s book On Press: The Liberal Values That Shaped the News won the award in the Media and Cultural Studies category.
BU PhD Matt Pressman’s Book Reviewed by Jill Lepore for The New Yorker
In the latest issue of The New Yorker, staff writer (and former BU History Professor) Jill Lepore reviews several books on the history of journalism, including On Press, the new book based on his doctoral dissertation of BU History Ph.D. Matthew Pressman (currently Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University). You can read the article, titled […]
An Alternative Thanksgiving: Maritime Asia Conference in Paris for Professor Menegon
During the past Thanksgiving break (November 21-23, 2018), Professor Eugenio Menegon presented a paper entitled “Communicating on board and on shore: European testimonies on varieties of lingua franca in maritime China, 1550-1850” at the International Conference “Maritime knowledge for Asian seas. An interdisciplinary dialogue between maritime historians and archaeologists,” organized by the SeaFaring Research Programme, […]
Call for Papers: 2019 Undergraduate History Association Conference
The Fourth Annual Undergraduate Academic History Conference will take place on Sunday, April 7, 2019. Students will present conference papers of their own historical interests on group panels, followed by commentary and a Q&A segment. Presentations will be no longer than 12 minutes. The Undergraduate History Association at Boston University welcomes submissions for its annual […]
Prof. Silber Publishes New Book, Featured in BU Today
Professor Nina Silber’s new book This War Ain’t Over: Fighting the Civil War in New Deal America was published last month on University of North Carolina Press. The book is an examination of the contentious debates among Americans- black and white, northern and southern, New Dealers and conservatives – over how to remember the American Civil […]
BU History Student Anna Stroinski Wins NACBS Undergraduate Essay Contest
BU Senior History major Anna Stroinski is one of eight recipients of the North American Conference on British Studies’ 2018 Undergraduate Essay Contest. Professor Arianne Chernock nominated Stroinski’s paper “God Save the Alternative Jubilee: The Sex Pistols and Meaningful Monarchical Engagement,” written in Professor Chernock’s course HI 434: Monarchy in Modern Britain. The award was announced at the […]
Empresses of China: History Seminar on Modern China Visits Exhibition in Salem
A fabulous new exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem was the destination for a fieldtrip of the History 487 Seminar “The Making of Modern China” (instructor Prof. Eugenio Menegon) on October 16, 2018, supported by a generous grant of the CAS Academic Enhancement Fund. “Empresses of China’s Forbidden City” features portraits, calligraphies, precious […]
From Urban History to Digital Humanities: Fall Conferences for Professor Menegon
This Fall 2018 Professor Eugenio Menegon has so far presented at four academic conferences on different topics. He first tackled the urban history of Beijing in the Qing period in relation to European establishments in the city, with a paper entitled “Invisible City: European Missionaries and Catholic Community in Qing Beijing,” presented at the Conference “Global […]