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August 8, 2025

Pamela Smith has been awarded the 2025 Sarton Medal from the History of Science Society for her contributions to the history of science, with the Society noting that her work on the Making and Knowing Project “has pioneered perhaps one of the largest collaborative humanities projects in recent memory.” Read the full announcement here.




August 5, 2025

Manan Ahmed‘s book, Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore, has been longlisted for the 2025 Cundill History Prize. See the full announcement here.




August 4, 2025

Paul Thomas Chamberlin‘s newest book, Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II, is featured in Columbia News, where he discusses his motivation in writing an international analysis of World War II, as well as what makes his perspective distinct from earlier histories of the war.  Read the full article here.




July 30, 2025

Aaron Freedman, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department, is the subject of the Center for Political Economy’s latest feature, which explores his research on how Wall Street became an economic and political powerhouse between the 1970s and 1990s. Read the full article here.




July 29, 2025

The New York City Latin American History Workshop, organized by Amy Chazkel, Caterina Pizzigoni, Pablo Piccato, and Latin Americanists in the NYC area, has announced its schedule for the 2025-2026 academic year. Please see the attached flyer for more details.




July 25, 2025

Kim Phillips-Fein‘s article for Jewish Currents, “Lessons From La Guardia,” explores the historical lessons one can draw from the success of mayor Fiorello La Guardia against a political establishment opposed to his platform, made especially relevant by the recent victory of Zohran Mamdani in NYC’s mayoral primary. Read the full article here.



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