Department of History

History Senior Sam Bisno '24 Awarded Mitchell Scholarship

December 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.
Sam Bisno, Sam Harshbarger, Alice McGuinness, and Noah Maxwell Receive Koren Prize

November 17, 2023

The Koren Prize recognizes outstanding departmental work during the junior year.
History Senior Sam Harshbarger Wins Rhodes Scholarship

November 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…

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Xin Wen Wins James Henry Breasted Prize for "The King’s Road"

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

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

Class Close-Up: "Historical Consciousness: An Introduction"

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.

Nancy Weiss Malkiel Talks Being First Woman Faculty Member of Princeton's History Department

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.