On February 7th at 7, Harvard Book Store will welcome Judith Giesberg—professor of history, Robert M. Birmingham chair in the humanities at Villanova University, and BC alum—for a discussion of her ne...
Apply now for the Castles in Communities Summer Archeology Field Program! Running from June 23rd to August 2nd 2025, the program involves excavation, geophysics, surveying, and time in the lab.
We would like to recognize Professor Nicole Eaton for her numerous book awards, including the Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History from the Association for Slavic, Eastern European, and Eurasian Stud...
Graduate student Joshua Rosen is the winner of the blogging contest from the Urban History Association!
His piece, “My Street Looks Different Now: Oral History and the Anti-Redlining Movement,” is des...
BC History Professor Lorelle Semley was recently featured in a BC News article that discussed her role as the Africa and African Diaspora Studies Director and the program’s future. More about Dr. Seml...
On Thursday, November 21st at 5 PM, Father Paul Mariani, SJ, will be holding a lecture on “The Church in China after the Cultural Revolution,” in McGuinn 121. We hope to see you there!
We are pleased to announce the next two talks of the Lecture Series on Gaza. The goal of the series is to bring in academic experts to educate faculty and students on aspects of and related to the ong...
Last month, Father Thomas Murphy was celebrated for his 25th year in the Priesthood at the Jesuit Jubilee and Luncheon at BC High. Congratulations!
Oracle, the history journal of Boston College, is looking for both editors and paper submissions for its next edition! Use the QR code for submissions and contact seftons@bc.edu for further informatio...
This weekend, the student club Platypus BC will host the Platypus East Coast Conference, featuring speakers and panelists from different areas of the academic and political Left, broadly conceived.
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After BC History Professor Heather Cox Richardson’s fantastic talk for the Clough Colloquium and the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics, she spent lots of time answering questions and chatting w...
Join us on October 3rd at 5pm in McGuinn 121 for a watch party of the live webinar, MAGA and Project 2025: Historical Perspectives and Present Dangers. The viewing will be followed by a Q&A session wi...
Congratulations to Nick Quadrini! Nick recently defended his dissertation which is titled: Finding its Place in the World: The Federal Republic of Germany, the United States, and the Vietnam War, 196...
Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Brody! Rachel defended her dissertation “Multispecies Communities: An Early Medieval Environmental History of Britain and Ireland c. 600 to 1000 CE” on June 3rd at the M...
Congratulations to the Class of 2024 and particularly the History Majors, MAs and PhDs!! We so enjoyed celebrating you and your awesome accomplishments. It’s not our fault History Majors dominated the...