The Koren Prize recognizes outstanding departmental work during the junior year.
He had been held in Iran since 2016.
The fellowship will support the development of his dissertation, "Airborne Colony: Culture and Politics of Aviation in India," into a monograph.
Researchers, who include Ph.D. alumni Lee Mordechai and Merle Eisenberg and postdoctoral fellow Janet Kay (Society of Fellows), now have a clearer picture of the impact of the first plague pandemic, the Justinianic Plague, which lasted from about 541 to 750 CE.
His keynote address, "Technology, Diversity, and the Future of Health: The Social Predicament of Genetic Innovation," presented a historical review of technology and health and focused on disparities in access and treatment.
The prize is awarded for the best second-semester Junior Paper.
The award recognizes the best book on the history of the Pacific West.
Recent History grads discuss their journeys at Princeton and beyond.
In addition to Sandweiss, Bush, Lew-Williams, and Garrett-Davis were recognized for their work.
Labyrinth Books
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
4:30pm
Allison Huang, Class of 2021
Rachel Kennedy, Class of 2021
Rafi Lehmann, Class of 2020
Ben Press, Class of 2020
"Becoming What You Eat: The New England Kitchen and the Body as a Site of Social Reform," by Nick Williams '15, was published in the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
November 8, 2019
1pm
McCosh 10
The Western History Quarterly Board of Editors noted the originality of “The Intertribal Drum of Radio,” its scope, and its significant contribution to the field of western history.
Jack Tannous's book, The Making of the Medieval Middle East: Religion, Society, and Simple Believers, received the James Henry Breasted Prize.
George Aumoithe
Debjani Bhattacharyya
Malachi Crawford
Rohit De
Sarah Ghabrial
Stuart McManus
Mary Mitchell
Benjamin Nathans
Judith Surkis
Karl Ubl
Thursday, October 3, 2019
5pm
East Pyne Courtyard
His book, Calculated Values: Finance, Politics, and the Quantitative Age, was recognized by the Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies at Indiana University as the year's best book in eighteenth-century studies.
Friday, October 4, 2019
1:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Saturday, October 5, 2019
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
