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Kenji Cataldo Awarded Koren Prize
Dec. 20, 2019

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

Graduate Student Xiyue Wang Released from Iran
Dec. 9, 2019

He had been held in Iran since 2016.

Joppan George *19 Receives Hindle Fellowship
Dec. 9, 2019

The fellowship will support the development of his dissertation, "Airborne Colony: Culture and Politics of Aviation in India," into a monograph.

Maybe the First Plague Wasn’t That Bad, Say Researchers
Dec. 3, 2019

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.

Keith Wailoo Delivers Keynote at National Academy of Medicine
Nov. 18, 2019

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.

Ben Press '20 Awarded Carter Kim Combe '74 Princeton History Prize
Nov. 18, 2019

The prize is awarded for the best second-semester Junior Paper.

"The Chinese Must Go" Wins Sally and Ken Owen Award
Nov. 11, 2019

The award recognizes the best book on the history of the Pacific West.

Alumni Journeys
Nov. 5, 2019

Recent History grads discuss their journeys at Princeton and beyond.

Sandweiss Presides over Western History Association Conference; Princeton Shows Strong Presence
Nov. 4, 2019

In addition to Sandweiss, Bush, Lew-Williams, and Garrett-Davis were recognized for their work.

Book Talk: Formations of Belief
Nov. 3, 2019

Labyrinth Books
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
4:30pm

Undergraduate Program Committee, 2019-2020
Oct. 28, 2019

Allison Huang, Class of 2021
Rachel Kennedy, Class of 2021
Rafi Lehmann, Class of 2020
Ben Press, Class of 2020

Alumnus Publishes Article Based on Senior Thesis Research
Oct. 25, 2019

"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.

50th Anniversary: Davis Center for Historical Studies
Oct. 24, 2019

November 8, 2019
1pm
McCosh 10

Joshua Garrett-Davis's Article Wins 2019 Oscar O. Winther Award
Oct. 24, 2019

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.

"The Making of the Medieval Middle East" Wins Book Prize
Oct. 8, 2019

Jack Tannous's book, The Making of the Medieval Middle East: Religion, Society, and Simple Believers, received the James Henry Breasted Prize.

Davis Center Fellows and Postdoc, 2019-2020
Oct. 1, 2019

George Aumoithe
Debjani Bhattacharyya
Malachi Crawford
Rohit De
Sarah Ghabrial
Stuart McManus
Mary Mitchell
Benjamin Nathans
Judith Surkis
Karl Ubl

Campus Vigil: Xiyue Wang
Sept. 26, 2019

Thursday, October 3, 2019
5pm
East Pyne Courtyard

William Deringer’s *12 Calculated Values Wins Kenshur Prize
Sept. 17, 2019

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.

Law and Legality in Modern Eastern Europe
Sept. 16, 2019

Friday, October 4, 2019
1:15 pm – 5:30 pm

Saturday, October 5, 2019
9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Welcome to History
Aug. 30, 2019