American Studies Program

Your gift to the BU American Studies Program makes a huge difference. For more than fifty years, the American Studies Program has been training scholars to be engaged with the American experience and to use their insights to improve the world through teaching and involvement in the public humanities. Within the program, learning takes place on campus but also out on the road, at conferences, at museums and historic sites, and in a diverse range of communities.

Donations help the program reach its full potential to train the current generation of scholars. In recent years we have used the Gift Fund to support PhD research and conference travel, bring renowned speakers to campus, provide support for the Graduate Student Association, and help recruit new PhD students.