His multimedia installation, ”Neighbours: Forms of Trauma (1945-1989),” will take visitors inside a chapter of Bulgarian history that has been largely absent from textbooks, museums and public debate — the forced labor and political violence in the Bulgarian gulag under Communist rule from post-WWII through the late 1980s before the fall of the Soviet Union.
Blaakman won the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize, and Edwards was selected as the Distinguished Historian of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
She is one of seven faculty members at Princeton to receive the fellowship this year.
On April 17, the Graduate School will host a Tribute to Teaching Reception, hosted by Rodney D. Priestly, dean of the Graduate School.
Come find out about the History major and learn how to declare.
Tuesday, April 9
12pm
210 Dickinson
Jonathan Victor Baldoza and Sean Silvia published articles, and Alice Hong received a fellowship. Jennifer Dominique Jones *14 received honorable mention for the Rawley Prize for her book.
7:30pm
Bowl 016, Robertson Hall
A reception to follow.
Azza Cohen '16
Chris Kuenne '85
Jessica Lautin '03
Manny Pérez '11
Ada Ferrer, a historian of Latin America and the Caribbean, will join the History Department in the fall.
The Hagley Prize recognizes the best book in business history, and the Philip Taft is given to the best book in American labor history.
The prize, created in 1997, rewards national and international authors whose historical works stand out for their scientific rigour and quality of writing.
A. Brad Schwartz published an article, and Maia Silber received a fellowship.
Historian of science Michael Gordin talks about the life and times of Princeton’s most famous resident, Albert Einstein, who lived here from 1933 until his death in 1955.
John Alekna *20 published his first book, Seeking News, Making China: Information, Technology, and the Emergence of Mass Society.
Geneva Smith is one of four named to the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton University’s top honor for graduate students.
The award from the Association for Asian Studies recognizes the best English-language book on pre-1900 China.
The Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship is one of Princeton University’s highest awards. McGuinness plans to earn two master’s degrees while at Oxford, one in modern South Asian studies and one in forced migration and refugee studies.
The prize recognizes the best non-fiction book on international affairs published in English.
The grant from the Medieval Academy of America will fund a competition to foster the development of engaging web content and resources for the platform.
Thomas Conlan speaks with the Department of East Asian Studies about his newest book, published January 2024 by Oxford University Press.
The grant will support the research and writing of a book, “Environment, Mutation, Cancer: A History of the Ames Test.”