Department of History

News

"The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen" Is a Finalist for Italy's 2024 Cherasco Award in History

The prize, created in 1997, rewards national and international authors whose historical works stand out for their scientific rigour and quality of writing.

What Einstein Would Think of Pi Day, and How He Crossed Paths with Oppenheimer

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.

Geneva Smith Awarded Princeton's Top Graduate Student Honor

Geneva Smith is one of four named to the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton University’s top honor for graduate students.

 

Susan Naquin Awarded 2024 Joseph Levenson Prize for "Gods of Mount Tai"

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

History Senior Alice McGuinness Wins Sachs Scholarship

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.

Events

Global History Workshop | Julia Marino, Princeton University
"Iron Lungs in the Age of the Iron Curtain: Philanthropy & The Cold War Politics of Public Health & Vaccines”
Mar 28, 2024, 12:00 pm1:20 pm
Speaker
Asheesh Kapur Siddique '07, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
“State Papers and Sovereignty in the Revolutionary Atlantic World”
Mar 28, 2024, 4:30 pm6:00 pm
Speaker
Book Talk | Claire Andrieu, Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po, Paris
"Comparing Societies in Wartime: Civilians and Downed Airmen in Second World War Europe"
Mar 28, 2024, 4:30 pm6:00 pm