Archive

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.

Linda Colley Appointed Distinguished Visiting Scholar in The John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress

The Kluge Center brings the world's top scholars and thinkers to the Library of Congress to conduct research and interact with policymakers and the public.

History Senior Nolan Musslewhite Awarded Marshall Scholarship

The Marshall Scholarship allows "intellectually distinguished young Americans, their country’s future leaders" to study at the U.K. institution of their choice.

Alexander MacArthur, Nolan Musslewhite, and Alexandra Orbuch Receive Koren Prize

The Koren Prize recognizes outstanding departmental work during the junior year.

"The Life and Death of States" Receives Two Honorable Mentions

Natasha Wheatley's book received an honorable mention for the Jervis-Schroeder Best Book Award and the Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize.

Alex MacArthur '25 Awarded Carter Kim Combe ('74) Princeton History Prize

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

William Chester Jordan Receives Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement

The Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement is the American Academy of Sciences and Letters’ premier recognition of excellence in scholarship.

"The King's Road" Wins 2024 Keimyung Silk Road Academic Award

The award honors authors who have made remarkable contributions to Silk Road Studies.

"The Great Power of Small Nations" Wins Two Book Prizes from the Western Historical Association

Elizabeth Ellis's book was recognized with the Donald L. Fixico Award and the John C. Ewers Award.

 

Recent Accomplishments from Graduate Students and Alumni – January 2025

Nick Barone, Jonathon Catlin *23, Disha Karnad Jani *22, and Natasha Wheatley participated in a roundtable, "The Return of Political Economy in Modern European Intellectual History", at the 138th annual meeting of the American Historical Association (AHA) on January 5, 2025. Richard Calis *20 published a book.

"Speculation Nation" Wins Cromwell Book Prize

Michael Blaakman's book was awarded a prize for the best book in the field of American legal history by an early career scholar.

Recent Accomplishments from Graduate Students and Alumni – November 2024

Nick Barone published a review, and Min Tae Cha *23 was awarded a dissertation prize from the ASLH. Will Holub-Moorman was selected for the ASLH Graduate Student Research Colloquium, and Elena Telles Ryan and Maia Silber were awarded fellowships.

"Merchant of Virtue" Awarded Book Prize and Is Finalist for Another

Divya Cherian was awarded the John F. Richards Prize for Merchants of Virtue: Hindus, Muslims, and Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century India. The book was also a finalist for the Best First Book in the History of Religions.

Barbara Oberg Dies at 82

Barbara Oberg, Senior Research Historian, Emerita, passed away on September 14, 2024.

Sara Kang Joins Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts

Appointed in the Department of History and the Humanities Council, Kang is a historian of gender and sexuality in modern Japan, Korea and the Asia-Pacific.