Jacob Saliba

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Jacob Saliba

M.A., Ph.D Candidate

Contact

Stokes Hall South 315-D

Email: salibaj@bc.edu

Education

  • M.A. Political Science, Boston College
  • B.A. Political Science and Economics (with Honors), Ohio Dominican University

Courses

Europe in the World I

Europe in the World II

Asia in the World I

Asia in the World II

Research Interests

Intellectual History, Modern European History

Advisor

Julian Bourg

Curriculum Vitae

Department

History

Biography

I am an intellectual historian with a focus on the politics, ideas, and culture of twentieth-century France. My dissertation, “The Discovery of the Sacred in Interwar France: From Contestation to Cooperation, 1919-1941” examines and critically reflects on the mutual intellectual projects and hybrid community bonds that formed between a vibrant range of Catholic, Jewish, marxist, and feminist thinkers between World War I and World War II. At a time when fascism, anti-Semitism, and extremism was on the rise, my project explains how and why certain sites of dialogue and democratic exchange emerged amidst those very tensions. This research has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Social Science Research Council, Loyola University Chicago, the University of Notre Dame, and Boston College.  I have presented on themes of Catholicism, modern philosophy, and French intellectuals at the The American Catholic Historical Association, American Catholic Philosophical Association, The American Historical Association, and others. 

Prior to my doctoral work, I received a BA in Political Science and Economics with honors from Ohio Dominican University and a MA in political philosophy from Boston College. I currently serve as primary editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas Blog. 

Awards and Grants

Presidential Grant, American Catholic Historical Association (2024)

Research Fellowship, Social Science Research Council (2023-2024)

Research Fellowship, Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Loyola University, Chicago (Summer 2023)

Research Grant, The Cushwa Center at Notre Dame University (2023)

Donald J. White Excellence in Teaching Award, Boston College (2023)

Research Grant, The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College (2022)

Publications

Review of Margaret Mullan, Seeking Communion as Healing Dialogue: Gabriel Marcel’s Philosophy for Today in Marcel Studies Vol. 6, 1 (2022).

Review of Thomas Brodie, German Catholicism at War, 1939-1945 in European History Quarterly Vol. 51, 4 (2021).

Review of Rodolphe Gasché, Locating Europe: A Figure, a Concept, an Idea? in Phenomenological Reviews (October 2021).

“Why the Night Trilogy Matters.” New York: Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Press, 2018.

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