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

Courses to Consider

Looking for an exciting History course? Explore a range of courses from ancient to modern times, world history to history of science.

Thomas D. Conlan Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

He is among 198 distinguished and diverse group of culture-creators working across 53 disciplines chosen this year. 

Faculty Appointments: Beatrice Adams and Madeline Woker

In Fall 2025, we will welcome two new faculty members to our department: Beatrice Adams and Madeline Woker.

New Faculty Books: April and May 2025

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

Laura Edwards Gives Fleming Lectures in Southern History

On April 15–16, Professor Edwards delivered a series of lectures on “Writing Law, Rewriting Lives: Legal Authority in the Nineteenth-Century South.”

Events

Final Public Oral Exam: Halee Robinson
“They Taken Him Away From Us”: Race, Punishment, and the Intimate Histories of the Texas Prison System, 1865–1912
May 21, 2025, 1:00 pm3:00 pm
Final Public Oral Exam: Nikianna Dinenis
Teachers in Their Holy Households: Laywomen's Religious Reading and the Practice of Authority in the Holy Roman Empire, 1400–1600
May 22, 2025, 1:00 pm3:00 pm
Reunions Panel: Money Creators: Financial History for Finance Professionals
Economic History Workshop
May 24, 2025, 10:30 am11:30 am
Speakers
Anson Rabinbach in 2024