Read the Latest Issue of the Princeton Historical Review, Vol. 10

June 17, 2025

The Princeton Historical Review (PHR) is an annual publication of historical scholarship written by Princeton students. Completely student-run and edited, PHR showcases the best undergraduate academic work in history. PHR collaborates with faculty in the Department of History and related departments to identify exemplary papers. Students may also submit papers directly.

For more information about the publication or how to submit papers to PHR, please contact Editors-in-Chief Seiyoung Jang ’25 and Leighton Symons ’25.

Winter 2025 Princeton Historical Review

Editor's Note
Seiyoung Jang

Puffkommandos: The Instrumentalization of Gender in Concentration Camp Brothels
Samantha Moon

Dry “Cleaning”: How San Francisco’s Racially Regulated Urban Space Limited Yick Wo
Nicole Tian

Patience Copp “Favoured with a License:” Unveiling the Decision-Making of a Widowed Taverner in Early Eighteenth-Century Boston
Rachel Kuhn

A Deep Dive: Nets Casted onto the Haenyeo Divers of South Korea and the Ama Divers of Japan
Kelly Park

The Art of Policy: The Rationality-Based Diplomacy between Ming China, Joseon Korea, and Japan from the 14th to 16th Centuries
Seyoung Choung

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