History Students Win Several 2019 BUCH Awards
At the 2019 BU Center for the Humanities Award Ceremony on May 14th, 2019, BU History students picked up several awards. Three of the department’s PhD candidates were award recipients: Patrick Browne, who won a Clarimond Mansfield Award, Cari Babitzke, who won a Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize, and Andrew Bell, who won […]
BU PhD Matt Pressman Publishes Article in The Atlantic, Wins Book Award
BU History PhD and Assistant Professor of Journalism at Seton Hall University Matt Pressman published an article on the New York Daily News in The Atlantic titled “America’s Biggest Newspaper 70 Years Ago Sounded a Lot Like Trump Today.” The article is available to read at The Atlantic’s website. Pressman is also this year’s recipient of the […]
Prof. Payaslian Writes Article on Modern Armenia for Oxford Research Encyclopedia
Professor Simon Payaslian has contributed an article entitled “Modern Armenia” to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History, published by Oxford University Press.
Prof. Chernock Interviewed on NECN about the Birth of the Royal Baby
Professor Arianne Chernock appeared on New England Cable News this morning to discuss the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby. The clip is available to stream at NECN’s website.
Prof. Payaslian Publishes Article in International History Review
Professor Simon Payaslian published an article entitled “The Downing of a C-130 and Host-State Utilization of the American Armenian Community” in International History Review. The article is available to read online here.
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 […]