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New Faculty Books: July - August 2021
The Life of Simeon of the Olives: An Entrepreneurial Saint of Early Islamic North Mesopotamia

By Robert Hoyland, Sebastian P. Brock, Kyle B. Brunner, and Jack Tannous
July 2021

This book presents the first ever critical edition and complete translation of the Syriac Life of Saint Simeon of the…

Alum Marcia Schenck Published Book

Navigating Socialist Encounters. Moorings and (Dis)Entanglements between Africa and East Germany during the Cold War is edited by Eric Burton, Anne Dietrich, Immanuel R. Harisch and Marcia C. Schenck.

Keely Smith Named a 2021-2022 David Center for the American Revolution Short-Term Resident Research Fellow

During the fellowship, she will work on her project “Communicating Power and Sovereignty: Creek and Seminole Communication Networks, 1715-1880.”

Aaron Stamper Named Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow

The Newcombe Fellowship is the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences addressing questions of ethical and religious values.

2021 Class Day Celebration

Watch the Class Day celebration for the Class of 2021 and join us in toasting their accomplishments.

2021 History Honors and Prizes

Congratulations to all members of the History Undergraduate Class of 2021.

William Chester Jordan Receives Honorary Degree from the Catholic University of America

Professor William Chester Jordan received an honorary doctor of Humane Letters, honors causa from the Catholic University of America (CUA) at their commencement on May 14, 2021.

Margot Canaday Honored for Excellence in Mentoring Graduate Students

The mentoring award recognizes Princeton faculty members who nurture the intellectual, professional and personal growth of their graduate students.

Jonathan Ort '21 Wins 2021 Spirit of Princeton Award for Service, Contributions to Campus Life

Ort is one of 11 students recognized for their commitment to the undergraduate experience.

Kenji Cataldo, a Member of the Class of 2020, Received Dale Award

For his Dale project, he is studying the environmental impact — along with the attendant economic and cultural repercussions — of U.S. colonialism and the deep history of anti-colonial resistance in Hawaiʻi.

Graduate Alumnus Richard Calis Awarded the Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize

The German Historical Institute awards the prize for the best doctoral dissertation on a topic in German history written at a North American university.

Phi Beta Kappa Chapter Honors Reimitz with Teaching Award

The award recognizes excellence in teaching, commitment to working with and building relationships with undergraduates, and the ability to spark students’ intellectual interests.

Alum Ben Press '20 Awarded Gaither Fellowship

The fellowship gives graduating seniors an opportunity to work as research assistants to scholars at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Grafton, Hunter, and Karp Awarded Fellowships

Tony Grafton and Tera Hunter will be at the Huntington Library, and Matthew Karp will be at the Cullman Center.

Kreike Awarded Microsoft AI for Earth Grant

The project, "Proof of Concept Project to Extract Land Use Data from a Historical 1943 Orthomosaic through Machine Learning," is a collaboration between Emmanuel Kreike, Wangyal Tsering Shawa, and William Guthe.

Wailoo Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Keith Wailoo, along with four other Princeton faculty members, have been elected to the Academy in recognition of their contributions to their respective fields.

Alum Bhadrajee Hewage Awarded Clarendon Scholarship

Bhadrajee Hewage '20 was awarded a Clarendon Scholarship for DPhil study in History at Oxford next year.

Alumna Nimisha Barton Won Honorable Mention for the Pinkney Prize

The Society of French Historical Studies’ David H. Pinkney Prize is awarded to the most distinguished book in French history.

Alumna Mitra Sharafi Received 2021 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award at UW-Madison

Mitra Sharafi, Professor of Law at UW-Madison, received the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award on April 6, 2021.

Princeton Alumna Maeve Glass Awarded Teaching Prize from Columbia Law

Maeve Glass, associate professor of law, has been awarded the Willis L.M. Reese Prize for Excellence in Teaching by students in the graduating Class of 2021.