On May 28, 55 concentrators in History celebrated Commencement as part of Princeton University’s Class of 2024. The previous day at Class Day, they gathered with faculty, friends, and family to celebrate their many achievements.
The following seniors received distinguished awards and prizes during Class Day, which were presented by Chair of the Department, Professor Angela Creager.
A warm congratulations to all members of the History Undergraduate Class of 2024.
Departmental Honors
Highest Honors
Samuel Bisno
William Goldberg
Samuel Harshbarger
Madeleine LeBeau
Alice McGuinness
Max Widmann
High Honors
Christopher Costantini
Oliver Crane
Abigail Goldberg-Zelizer
Darius Gross
Lena Hoplamazian
Katie Rohrbaugh
Leo Rupp-Coppi
Honors
Katherine Glaser
Drew Hopkins
Mohamed Jishi
Christopher Kane
Margaret Liebich
Noah Maxwell
George Pavlakis
Michael Salama
Department of History Prizes
Laurence Hutton Prize in History
Awarded to the history major who has compiled the strongest record in department work.
Certificates awarded to:
Samuel Julius Bisno
Samuel James Harshbarger
Alice McGuinness
C. O. Joline Prize in American History
Awarded for the best essay by a senior on any phase of American history.
Certificates awarded to:
Samuel Julius Bisno (Professor Matthew Karp)
The Gin Complex: Slavery, Plantations, and the Cotton Gin in the Short-Staple U.S. South, 1793–1860
Lena Kohler Hoplamazian (Professor Alison E. Isenberg)
He Who Toils Here Hath Set His Mark: Labor Unrest and Changes in the Built Environment in Kohler, Wisconsin, 1912–1983
Madeleine Rose Aiello LeBeau (Professor Yaacob Dweck)
Hymns and Hers: How Women Contributed to the Music of the Early Jewish Reform Movement in the United States
Walter Phelps Hall Prize in European History
Awarded for the best thesis in European history.
Certificates awarded to:
Christopher Francis Costantini (Professor David Bell)
Toward Universal Taxation: The Austrian Census of Milan (1718–1760)
William Ze’Ev Goldberg (Professor Michael Laffan)
‘To Share the Empire of the Seas’: Indo-Pacific Exploration Through Revolution and War, 1768–1803
Prize in American History
Established by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey for the best essay by an undergraduate upon a theme of United States Colonial History.
Certificate awarded to:
Christopher Brendan Kane (Professor Linda Colley)
Revolutionary Runaways: Desertion and the Shaping of American and British Identities
Horace H. Wilson '25 Senior Thesis Prize in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
Awarded for the best thesis in the field of History of Science, Medicine, and Technology.
Certificate awarded to:
Chloe Justine Kim (Professor Keith Wailoo)
Snake Roots, Luck Charms, and Old Twisted Muscadines: Understanding African American Herbal Healing from Enslavement to the 1930s
Robert L. Tignor Prize for the Best Senior Thesis in African History
Certificate awarded to:
Mohamed Jishi (Professor Max Weiss)
An Intellectual History of Colonial Identity: Mouloud Feraoun and Albert Camus in the Twilight of French Algeria
Susan Naquin Prize for the Best Senior Thesis in Asian History
Certificate awarded to:
Katie Grace Rohrbaugh (Professor Michael Laffan)
The Garden of Southeast Asia: Nature Curation in Colonial Singapore
Barbara Hadley Stein Prize in Latin American History
Certificate awarded to:
Michael Jacob Salama (Professor Isadora Mota)
Fluid Identities: The Subaltern Political Hydrology of the Urus of Lake Poopó
William Koren, Jr., Memorial Prize in History
This prize is given annually by Henry Lloyd Thornell Koren, Class of 1933, in memory of William Koren Jr., Class of 1930. The prize is awarded to the student(s) in the department who attain the best record in the departmental work of the junior year.
Certificates awarded to:
Samuel Julius Bisno
Samuel James Harshbarger
Alice McGuinness
Noah Michael Maxwell
Carter Kim Combe '74 History Prize
A prize established in memory of Carter Kim Combe, Class of 1974, awarded annually to the student who writes the best second-term junior independent work paper in history.
Certificate awarded to:
Samuel Julius Bisno (Professor Alison Isenberg)
“Herself and Mr. Reed”: Frustration and Freedom at the Beaufort Freedman’s Bank, 1864–1873
Prizes Awarded Outside the Department
The following History graduates received prizes from other departments:
The Isabelle Clark-Decès Prize
Awarded by the Program in South Asian Studies for the best senior thesis related to South Asia.
First Prize awarded to:
Alice McGuinness (Professor Divya Cherian)
Carceral Kin: Motherhood, Personhood, and Colonial Law in Bengal c. 1860–1900
The Global India Senior Thesis Award for Humanities & Social Sciences
Awarded by the M.S. Chadha Center for Global India for the best undergraduate senior thesis related to Global India themes, with focus on Humanities and Social Sciences fields.
First Prize awarded to:
Alice McGuinness (Professor Divya Cherian)
Carceral Kin: Motherhood, Personhood, and Colonial Law in Bengal c. 1860–1900
The Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize
Awarded by the Program in Latin American Studies to the student who writes the best senior thesis on a Latin American related topic.
First Prize awarded to:
Michael Jacob Salama (Professor Isadora Mota)
Fluid Identities: The Subaltern Political Hydrology of the Urus of Lake Poopó
The Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies
This prize, established in memory of Suzanne M. Huffman, Class of 1990, is awarded annually to a certificate student in our program whose senior thesis shows a deep commitment to the dilemmas raised by feminism and an extraordinary empathy for the problems and struggles of women.
First Prize awarded to:
Alice McGuinness (Professor Divya Cherian)
Carceral Kin: Motherhood, Personhood, and Colonial Law in Bengal c. 1860–1900
The Program in Urban Studies
Awarded for the senior theses that makes an outstanding contribution to this interdisciplinary area of study and is based on each student's creative ability, persuasiveness and systematic way of doing research.
First Prize awarded to:
Lena Hoplamazian (Professor Alison Isenberg)
He Who Toils Here Hath Set His Mark: Labor Unrest and Changes in the Built Environment in Kohler, Wisconsin, 1912–1983
Liechtenstein Institute Best Senior Thesis Award
Recognizes the best senior thesis that focuses on self-determination of nations, groups and individuals in international politics.
First Prize awarded to:
Samuel James Harshbarger (Professor Michael Laffan)
Between Decolonization and the Cold War: Turkey and Afro-Asia, 1955–1960
Phi Beta Kappa
These History concentrators have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa:
Samuel Bisno
Abigail Goldberg-Zelizer
Darius Gross
Samuel Harshbarger
Madeleine LeBeau
Alice McGuinness
Leo Rupp-Coppi
Max Widdmann