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Faculty Books Make "Best of" Lists for 2023
Dec. 15, 2023

Books by our faculty have been included on several "Best Books of the Year" lists in various publications.

Literature and History from Hellenism's First 3,000 Years
Dec. 15, 2023

This fall, professors Katerina Stergiopoulou and Jack Tannous launched a new class, “Hellenism: The First 3,000 Years,” the first required course for the new minor in Hellenic Studies.

Faculty Author Q&A: Ekaterina Pravilova on "The Ruble"
Dec. 12, 2023

Ekaterina Pravilova talks with the Humanities Council about her latest book, "The Ruble: A Political History," which was published in June 2023 by Oxford University.

History Senior Sam Bisno '24 Awarded Mitchell Scholarship
Dec. 8, 2023

The George J. Mitchell Scholar program is one of the country's most prestigious scholarship programs. Mitchell Scholars spend a year doing graduate study in Ireland.

Recent Accomplishments from Our Graduate Students and Alumni – December 2023
Nov. 30, 2023

Congratulations to Joseph Bishop, Emily Chesley, José Edwin Argueta Funes *23, Caitlin Harvey *21, and Isabela Morales *19.

Sam Bisno, Sam Harshbarger, Alice McGuinness, and Noah Maxwell Receive Koren Prize
Nov. 17, 2023

The Koren Prize recognizes outstanding departmental work during the junior year.

History Senior Sam Harshbarger Wins Rhodes Scholarship
Nov. 13, 2023

Harshbarger is concentrating in history and is also pursuing three minors: in history and the practice of diplomacy; Near Eastern studies; and Russian, East European and Eurasian studies. At Oxford, he will pursue an MPhil in history. He will begin his studies there in October.

Xin Wen Wins James Henry Breasted Prize for "The King’s Road"
Nov. 8, 2023

The American Historical Association awards the prize for the best book in any field of history prior to CE 1000.

Sam Bisno '24 Awarded Carter Kim Combe ('74) Princeton History Prize
Nov. 6, 2023

The Carter Kim Combe (’74) History Prize recognizes the best second semester junior research paper.

Class Close-Up: "Historical Consciousness: An Introduction"
Nov. 6, 2023

Burnett’s class, which is new this fall, centers around how the past has been conveyed and conceived in different times and places, how the past remains present, and the implications of humans as historical creatures.

Recent Accomplishments from Our Graduate Students – November 2023
Nov. 6, 2023

Congratulations to Meher Ali and Emily Chesley.

Nancy Weiss Malkiel Talks Being First Woman Faculty Member of Princeton's History Department
Nov. 2, 2023

The SEE Change podcast interviews Nancy Weiss Malkiel, professor emerita of history, about starting her career in academia as one of only three women on Princeton's faculty in the 1960s and the changes happening more broadly for women in higher ed.

New Faculty Books: November and December 2023
Oct. 31, 2023

New books out or forthcoming by D. Graham Burnett, Thomas Conlan, Nancy Weiss Malkiel, and Anthony Grafton.

"Only the Clothes on Her Back" Wins John Philip Reid Book Award
Oct. 30, 2023

The prize is given to the best monograph by a mid-career or senior scholar in Anglo-American legal history.

Natalie Zemon Davis Passes Away at 94
Oct. 24, 2023

Natalie Zemon Davis, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Emerita, passed away at the age of 94 in Toronto. She was at Princeton for eighteen years, from 1978 until she retired in 1996.

Lacy Feigh Joins Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Oct. 24, 2023

The full cohort of 12 Cotsen postdoctoral fellows is drawn from a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Fellows hold appointments as lecturers in their academic host departments and in the Humanities Council. Feigh's research examines how individuals navigated the expansion of the modern Ethiopian imperial state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Read the Latest Issue of the Princeton Historical Review, 2023
Oct. 6, 2023

Featuring papers written by:

Annabelle Duval
Grace Chung
Miguel Gracia-Zhang
Robin Park

Edited by Johanne Kjaersgaard

Recent Accomplishments from Our Graduate Students – October 2023
Oct. 6, 2023

Congratulations to Siobhan Barco, Joseph Bishop, Haris Durrani, Bennett Nagtegaal, and Joseph Puchner.

Alum Victoria Lee Wins ICAS Book Prize for Best Book in the Humanities
Sept. 27, 2023

The prize is awarded to outstanding publications in the field of Asian Studies.

New Faculty Books: September and October 2023
Sept. 19, 2023

A new book is out by Michael A. Blaakman.