History had FIVE Scholars of the College this year!
(Not pictured: Margaux Yannacci and her advisor Sylvia Sellers-Garcia)
And Steven Schadt, advisee of Prof. Mike Glass, won the McCarthy Prize!!! 🏆
Yesterday we celebrated the senior history majors! Awards were given and honors theses/Scholar of the College projects were recognized! We are so proud of you all and know you will do great things 🎉
Last week, 36 students were inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, the history honors society. Congratulations to all the new members! 🎉
Congratulations to this year’s Sophomore Scholars from the History Department, who attended last night’s banquet along with Professor Eddie Bonilla: Liam Kieran, Lucy DeMeo, Zuyi Yang, Sarahi Zuniga, ...
History doctoral student Andrew Juchno was recently featured in an article on BC News for the new book that he co-edited, Cotton Mather’s Curiosa Americana: Scientific Letters to the Royal Society, wh...
On April 14th from 4:30 to 6 pm in McGuinn 521, there will be a Women’s and Gender Studies Faculty Showcase featuring History Professor Sarah Ross! Theology Professor Megan Loumagne Ulishney and Commu...
Yesterday bestselling author and Boston College graduate Marie Benedict was in conversation about imagination and fiction with History professor Sylvia Sellers-Garcia! Attendees asked compelling quest...
On Wednesday, April 22nd from 5pm-7 pm in Stokes South 476, History professor Michael Glass will be discussing his new book, Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America at the bcwomen...
Professor Fleming’s Making History Public class spent some time digging through archeological finds from the 19th century Endicott Street Privy at the City of Boston Archeology Lab. Students even reco...
Mark your calendars! The Gasson Lecture for Spring 2026 is on Tuesday, March 24th at 4-5:30 PM in Gasson 305. Fr. Sean Dempsey, S.J., will be presenting “Back to the Future: How the Catholic 1980s Sha...
The Graduate History Alliance is hosting its annual Grad Student Voices conference on March 28th from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Connolly House. All are invited with no registration required (though any not...
Last Friday, the History Department was packed with visitors for DH Fest. Faculty, staff, and students gathered to celebrate their research in Digital Humanities. Thanks to all who presented and tho...
Join us on Friday 1/23 at noon for DH Fest, a celebration of research in digital humanities! The event will take place in the History Department, on the 3rd floor of Stokes Hall South and will featur...
PhD candidate Jacob Saliba just published Thinking God Otherwise (a translation of Penser Dieu autrement) with Wipf & Stock Press, originally written by Alain Saudan, a student of Paul Ricœur. The tex...
In November, Laura Clerx gave a well-received paper at the 2025 History of Science Society Annual Meeting in New Orleans. She spoke on how university science, mechanics institutes, and agricultural so...