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Kim Phillips-Fein was interviewed on two podcasts: “Know Your Enemy,” where she discussed historians and their approaches to the right and the far right, and “Love is the Message,” where she explored New York’s 1975 fiscal crisis.
Kim Phillips-Fein was interviewed on two podcasts: “Know Your Enemy,” where she discussed historians and their approaches to the right and the far right, and “Love is the Message,” where she explored New York’s 1975 fiscal crisis.
Aaron Freedman published an article on the legacy of Alan Brinkley in Reviews in American History.
Aaron Freedman published an article on the legacy of Alan Brinkley in Reviews in American History.
Natasha Lightfoot was awarded an honorable mention for the annual Conference on Latin American History’s Paul Vanderwood Article Prize for her 2022 article, “So Far to Leeward: Eliza Moore’s Fugitive Cosmopolitan Routes to Freedom in the Nineteenth Century Caribbean,” which appeared in the William and Mary Quarterly 79.
Natasha Lightfoot was awarded an honorable mention for the annual Conference on Latin American History’s Paul Vanderwood Article Prize for her 2022 article, “So Far to Leeward: Eliza Moore’s Fugitive Cosmopolitan Routes to Freedom in the Nineteenth Century Caribbean,” which appeared in the William and Mary Quarterly 79. Read more here.
Melissa Borja was awarded Harvard University Press’ Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize for her publication Follow the New Way: American Refugee Resettlement Policy and Hmong Religious Change.
Melissa Borja was awarded Harvard University Press’ Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize for her publication Follow the New Way: American Refugee Resettlement Policy and Hmong Religious Change.
Mae Ngai authored an essay in the New York Times on recently-passed laws in Florida and other states that prohibit Chinese nationals and companies from purchasing land near critical infrastructure such as military bases and the history of anti-Chinese laws in the United States.
Mae Ngai authored an essay in the New York Times on recently-passed laws in Florida and other states that prohibit Chinese nationals and companies from purchasing land near critical infrastructure such as military bases and the history of anti-Chinese laws in the United States.
Pamela Smith was awarded the 2023 Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize for outstanding teaching in the history of science, from the History of Science Society.
Pamela Smith was awarded the 2023 Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize for outstanding teaching in the history of science, from the History of Science Society.
Camille Robcis was awarded a Russell Sage Fellowship for 2024-2025 to write her new book “The War on Gender.”
Camille Robcis was awarded a Russell Sage Fellowship for 2024-2025 to write her new book “The War on Gender.” Read more about the fellowship here.
James Stafford was awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for 2024-2025, which he will use to work on his book The War of Treaties: Law, Diplomacy and Economic Nationalism, 1860-1900 at the Institute of Global History at the Freie Universität Berlin.
James Stafford was awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for 2024-2025, which he will use to work on his book The War of Treaties: Law, Diplomacy and Economic Nationalism, 1860-1900 at the Institute of Global History at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Mrinalinia S. Wadhwa, a History and Mathematics major, was selected as a 2024 Rhodes Scholar and will pursue an M.Phil. in Modern European History at Oxford University.
Mrinalinia S. Wadhwa, a History and Mathematics major, was selected as a 2024 Rhodes Scholar and will pursue an M.Phil. in Modern European History at Oxford University. While at Columbia, Mrinalinia co-founded and co-edited the Columbia Journal of Asia and acted as 2023 co-Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review, and currently acts as the chair of the Columbia History Association. Her research interests focus on the interactions of legal history, international and comparative law, and gender justice, and while studying at Columbia, Mrinalini helped to create a program to provide three years of English education to low-income students in New Delhi.
Christopher Brown was awarded the Yale University’s George H.W. Bush ’48 Lifetime of Leadership Award for his contributions to education.
Christopher Brown was awarded the Yale University’s George H.W. Bush ’48 Lifetime of Leadership Award for his contributions to education, particularly in the fields of American History, British History, Atlantic History and the history of Slavery, Abolition, and Resistance.