News and Events

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Latest News

Documentary Short by Michael Salama '24 Qualifies for 2026 Academy Awards

“Qotzuñi: People of the Lake” was part of his senior thesis work.

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

Recent History grads discuss their journeys at Princeton and beyond.

Anson Rabinbach Passes Away at 79

He was a specialist in modern European history with an emphasis on intellectual and cultural history, and he retired from the faculty on July 1, 2019.

Divya Cherian Awarded NEH Fellowship

The fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support her project, "Conjured States: Witchcraft and Politics in Western India, 1750–1900."

New Faculty Books: January and February 2025

New books are out or forthcoming by Michael D. Gordin and Julian Zelizer.

"Merchants of Virtue" Receives Two Honorable Mentions

Divya Cherian's book received honorable mentions from the Social Science History Association and the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.