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Johnson Remembered as Passionate, Caring, ‘a Professor’s Professor’
Dec. 13, 2016

Ann Johnson (GS Class of 2000), professor of science and technology studies at Cornell, died Dec. 11, 2016 from a rare form of uterine cancer. A memorial will be held on April 29, 2017.

Faculty Book: Wendy Warren: A New England History with Slavery Unbound
Dec. 8, 2016

Wendy Warren discusses the development of her book about slavery in New England.

Book by Brunnermeier, James, Landau Named to Financial Times’ Best Books of 2016: Economics List
Dec. 8, 2016

"The Euro and the Battle of Ideas" examines the challenges with the Euro and looks to the future of Europe.

Nancy Weiss Malkiel's New Book Examines Struggle for Coeducation
Dec. 6, 2016

Professor of History, Emeritus, Nancy Weiss Malkiel discusses her new book, "'Keep the Damned Women Out': The Struggle for Coeducation."

Reverb: The Evolution of Architectural Acoustics
Nov. 18, 2016

99% Invisible, a much acclaimed podcast about design, features Emily Thompson and her work on the history of sound, space, and architectural acoustics.

Historians Assess Obama's Legacy Under Trump's Shadow
Nov. 14, 2016

Conference evaluates the Obama presidency and looks to the future.

Haldon Elected President of the International Association of Byzantine Studies
Nov. 10, 2016

The Association is the major international body responsible for the development and promotion of the field.

Canaday and Kruse on Editorial Board of New Journal
Nov. 8, 2016

Modern American History (MAH) will focus on research on the history of the United States since the late nineteenth century.

Zelizer Named Member of the National Academy of Social Insurance
Oct. 18, 2016

The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) has nominated and approved Julian E. Zelizer as a new member.

When Women Came to Princeton
Oct. 18, 2016

Nancy Malkiel talks about her new book "Keep the Damned Women Out": The Struggle for Coeducation.

Historian Karp Explores 'This Vast Southern Empire' and Slavery
Oct. 13, 2016

Karp answers questions about his book and how Southerners viewed their 19th-century world.

Public Symposium: Aesthetics and Life Sciences
Oct. 7, 2016

October 21, 2016
Zimmerli Art Museum

HOS Colloquium: Pathologies of Blackness: Race-Medicine, Slavery, and Abolitionism
Oct. 6, 2016

Suman Seth, Cornell University
4:30pm
Tuesday, October 11th
211 Dickinson Hall

My Poor Heart Sometimes Runs, Sometimes Whirls
Oct. 5, 2016

Meet Sa'di the Comedian
Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz
Oct. 11, 2016
12:00-1:30pm

Class Close-Up: Documentary Film and the City
Oct. 5, 2016

In this course, students will produce films that focus on the death of a man killed in the ’68 Trenton Riots.

Here's the Century-Long History Behind Colombia's Peace Agreement with the FARC
Oct. 4, 2016

In The Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog, Robert A. Karl provides the historical context of the Colombian peace accord.

Davis Center Fellows, Fall 2016
Oct. 4, 2016

We are pleased to announce the Davis Center Fellows for Fall 2016 under the topic of Risk and Fortune.

Book in Translation
Sept. 23, 2016

Philip Nord will speak about his book France's New Deal (now in translation) at the nineteenth annual book fair in Blois, France.

Struggles with Mein Kampf
Sept. 22, 2016

Anson Rabinbach reviews the new annotated edition of Mein Kampf in the Times Literary Supplement.

Arno Mayer Interviewed by This American Life
Sept. 19, 2016

History professor emeritus Arno Mayer speaks about working as a "morale officer" in a U.S. camp with Nazi prisoners.