Tag Archives: History Department
History through the lens of comic books
BC students in Professor of History Heather Cox Richardson’s Making History Public class have created “Revealing America’s History Through Comics”– an exhibition based on the historical study of comic books from the 1940s to present day. Using popular Marvel and DC … Continue reading
Who were the Molly Maguires?
In the Oxford University Press blog, Professor of History Kevin Kenny, who specializes in the history of migration and popular protest in the Atlantic world, lists ten factoids that can help readers better understand the Molly Maguires and their place … Continue reading
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Tagged History Department, Irish, migration, Pennsylvania
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Fleming is MacArthur Fellow
Congratulations to medieval historian Robin Fleming, author of Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400-1070, who has been named a 2013 MacArthur Fellow. Fleming is a professor of history at Boston College and scholar of early medieval Britain. The … Continue reading
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Tagged European history, History Department
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Book Signing: Dracula’s Bloodline
More than 40 years after his pivotal book In Search of Dracula (with Raymond McNally) revealed the historical identity of Dracula, historian Radu Florescu has traced his own family’s ties to the notorious 15th century ruler. Dracula’s Bloodline: A Florescu … Continue reading
The Virgin Mary in Chinese iconography
The Virgin Mary and Catholic Identities in Chinese History (Hong Kong University Press) is a new book forthcoming from Father Jeremy Clarke, SJ, a historian whose expertise is the history of Catholicism in China. Through a prism of history, theology … Continue reading
Honors for Jacobs
Congratulations to History Associate Professor Seth Jacobs, winner of the New England Historical Association’s James P. Hanlan Book Award for his work, The Universe Unraveling: American Foreign Policy in Cold War Laos. The NEHA is a professional association of over … Continue reading
A look at a medieval “bestseller”
The Book of Hours was the most commonly produced and owned book in medieval and early modern Europe. In her book French Books of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, c. 1400-1600 (Cambridge University Press), Boston College Associate Professor of … Continue reading
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Tagged European history, History Department, prayer
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Catholic Shanghai
Father Jeremy Clarke, SJ, a historian whose expertise is the history of Catholicism in China, has authored Catholic Shanghai: A Historical, Practical and Reflective Guide. It is a pilgrim’s guide to the history and significance of Catholic sites in Shanghai. … Continue reading
Finding meaning in diaspora
Oxford University Press’ Very Short Introductions offer concise, balanced and readable introductions to a wide range of subjects. History Professor Kevin Kenny, whose expertise is the history of migration and popular protest in the Atlantic world, has written a volume … Continue reading
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Tagged diaspora, History Department, immigration, migration
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The Boston Strangler case, 50 years later
The Boston Strangler case is back in the headlines with the news that DNA from the 1964 murder case of Mary Sullivan has been definitively linked to Albert DeSalvo, who had confessed to the crimes but was never convicted. Boston … Continue reading
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