On 9/16, Professor Rebecca Kobrin spoke on a panel for the Metropolitan Opera at Temple Emanuel about the new Kavalier and Clay opera with composer Mason Bates (Columbia ’03), producer Bartlett Scher, and librettist Gene Scheer.

by cuhistory | Oct 6, 2025 | News |

On 9/16, Professor Rebecca Kobrin spoke on a panel for the Metropolitan Opera at Temple Emanuel about the new Kavalier and Clay opera with composer Mason Bates (Columbia ’03), producer Bartlett Scher, and librettist Gene Scheer. See a recording of this...

On 10/2, Professor Natasha Lightfoot presented at Princeton’s African American Studies Department’s Global Blackness Seminar Series, workshopping a chapter of her in-progress book project Fugitive Cosmopolitans: Mobility and Freedom Struggles in the Nineteenth Century Black Atlantic.

by cuhistory | Oct 3, 2025 | News |

On 10/2, Professor Natasha Lightfoot presented at Princeton’s African American Studies Department’s Global Blackness Seminar Series, workshopping a chapter of her in-progress book project Fugitive Cosmopolitans: Mobility and Freedom Struggles in the...

In July, Professor James Stafford was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

by cuhistory | Aug 26, 2025 | News |

In July, Professor James Stafford was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. See the full press release...

Professor Merlin Chowkwanyun features in a new PBS: American Experience Documentary, “Clearing the Air: The War on Smog,” that premieres at 9:00 PM ET on Tuesday, August 26th.

by cuhistory | Aug 25, 2025 | News |

Professor Merlin Chowkwanyun features in a new PBS: American Experience Documentary, “Clearing the Air: The War on Smog,” that premieres at 9:00 PM ET on Tuesday, August 26th. See more about the documentary...

Professor Ruth Barraclough’s newest publication, Island Ablaze and Other Stories, will be published on October 15th, 2025. This co-edited anthology collects stories about South and North Korea’s interactions with the United States.

by cuhistory | Aug 20, 2025 | News |

Professor Ruth Barraclough‘s newest publication, Island Ablaze and Other Stories, will be published on October 15th, 2025. This co-edited anthology collects stories about South and North Korea’s interactions with the United States, and Professor...