News and Events

Check back often for the latest news and events from the Department of History. We host an extensive list of workshops and seminars.

Latest News

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.

 

Upcoming Events

Committee for the Study of Books & Media | Kirsten Macfarlane, University of Oxford
"Lay Readings of the Bible in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World"
Tue, Mar 19, 2024, 4:30 pm
Economic History Workshop | Brian Rogers, Princeton University
"The Making of Commuters in Japan: Urban Textile Workers and Labor Management at the Turn of the Twentieth Century”
Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 12:00 pm
Eighteenth Century Seminar | Henrietta Harrison, University of Oxford
"Chinese Pulse Diagnosis in Eighteenth Century Naples"
Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 4:30 pm
Early Modern History Workshop | Johanna Rozakis-Siu, Princeton University
"Mouros and Rumes: Portuguese Geographic Imagination in the Indian Ocean"
Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 12:00 pm
Latin America and Caribbean Workshop | João José Reis, Federal University of Bahia (Brazil)
“Slaves Who Owned Slaves in Bahia, Brazil, 1800-1850”
Fri, Mar 22, 2024, 4:30 pm