Department of History

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From left to right: Kenji Cataldo, Sam Harshbarger, Alice McGuinness, Sam Bisno, and Marie-Rose Sheinerman.

Photos courtesy of Kenji Cataldo, Sameer Khan/Fotobuddy, and Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications, Princeton University.

News

New Faculty Books: April and May 2025

New books are out or forthcoming by Michael D. Gordin, Isadora Moura Mota, and Martha A. Sandweiss.

Margot Canaday Awarded Cotsen Fellowship

The fellowship supports the development and teaching of new undergraduate courses, or other distinctive contributions to the undergraduate teaching program at Princeton.

"Life and Death of States" Wins 2025 Felicia Krishna Hensel IDSS Book Award

The award recognizes a work that is an original and outstanding contribution to interdisciplinary studies, broadly defined.

Xin Wen Wins Levenson Prize for "The King’s Road"

The award from the Association for Asian Studies recognizes the best English-language book on pre-1900 China.

Alumni Journeys: Annabelle Duval '23 and Wendi Yan '23

Recent History grads discuss their journeys at Princeton and beyond.

Events

AI Tools for Historical Research
Apr 24, 2025, 9:00 am12:00 pm
Rumor and Displacement: Finding Truth in Nazi Europe
Apr 25, 2025, 10:15 am12:00 pm
Speakers
Anson Rabinbach in 2024