Graduate Students Jake Watson and Sarah Hosman Receive Funding from the Initiative on Cities
Graduate Student Jake Watson and Sarah Hosman have each received funding from BU’s Initiative on Cities for their sociological research. Under the guidance of Professor Julian Go, Watson will examine refugee resettlement and urban development. Under the guidance of Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino, Hosman will examine the Allston neighborhood and urban change.
Seminar Series – Julian Go of Boston University
Please join us on October 9th, 2015, as we welcome our own Professor Julian Go to kick off our Fall 2015 Seminar Series. Professor Go will present “Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory.” October 9th, 2015 SOC Room 241 – 12PM 100 Cummington Mall, Boston MA 02215 Free and Open to the Public! Biography: Julian Go is […]
Professor Stone and Graduate Alumni Polly Rizova and Xiaoshuo Hou Publish Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism
The Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism is a five volume, 1.5 million word reference work to be published in December 2015 by Wiley-Blackwell. Consisting of hundreds of entries written by leading experts on the topics from all over the world, it also has many contributions from scholars drawn from both the faculty and advanced […]
Prof. Julian Go on Puerto Rico Debt Crisis in BU Today
Following a June announcement by governor of Puerto Rico that the commonwealth could not pay its $72 billion debts, the island’s Public Finance Corporation defaulted on most of its debt in August. With a 12.4% unemployment rate, a housing bust, drought, and a mass exodus tens of thousands of middle-class workers to the United States […]
Sociology Faculty Elected to ASA Offices
Four BU Sociology faculty members were elected to ASA councils for 2014. After being elected secretary/treasurer of the Sexualities council in 2013, Professor Cati Connell was also elected to the Sex and Gender council. Professor Emily Barman was elected to the council for the Economic Sociology Section. Professor Alya Guseva was elected as the next […]
Professor Julian Go Promoted to Full Professor
Professor Julian Go is one of thirteen faculty members on the Charles River Campus promoted to full professor this year. One of this year’s recipients of the Templeton Award for excellence in advising, Professor Go was recently profiled in BU’s Bostonia about his promotion and his research on empires. Of the thirteen promoted, BU Provost and […]
Professor Julian Go Awarded Templeton Award for Excellence in Advising
Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) recognizes three faculty members with the Templeton Award for Excellence in Advising . This year, Professor Julian Go has been selected as a result of student nominations through the Office of Student Academic Life. He will be recognized at the May 14th CAS Faculty Meeting. Past recipients […]
‘Against the Grain’ Radio Show Devotes Show to Professor Julian Go’s Research
The “Against the Grain” radio show on California’s Pacifica Radio devoted a show to Professor Julian Go’s research on the American empire in the post World War II era. The show will air Noon to 1 pm PT Monday November 18 on KPFA 94.1 FM and KFCF 88.1 FM in Northern and Central California and will […]
Patterns of Empire named to Choice’s 2012 “Outstanding Academic Titles” list
The American Library Association’s publication Choice publishes hundreds of reviews of academic publications, but only a few make their annual list of “outstanding” titles. Professor Julian Go’s latest book, Patterns of Empire, has been included in this year’s list, recognizing its overall excellence and originality. The New Left Project recently interviewed Professor Go about his book. […]
GO’S PATTERNS OF EMPIRE WINS AMERICAN POLICAL SCIENCE ASSOCATIONS’ J. DAVID GREENSTONE BOOK AWARD
We are more then pleased to announce that Professor Go’s book, “Patterns of Empire: The British and American Empires: 1688 to the Present” has just been awarded the American Political Science Associations’ J. David Greenstone Book Award for the best book in Politics and History published in 2010 and 2011. The book had also just been […]